Wicked flesh: black women, intimacy, and freedom in the Atlantic world
Unearthing personal stories from the archive, Wicked Flesh shows how black women, from Senegambia in West Africa to the Caribbean to New Orleans, used intimacy and kinship to redefine freedom in the eighteenth-century Atlantic world. Their practices laid the groundwork for the emancipation struggles...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania Press
2020
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| In: | Year: 2020 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Johnson, Jessica Marie, Wicked flesh : black women, intimacy, and freedom in the Atlantic world] (2024) (Davidson, Steed V.)
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| Series/Journal: | Early American Studies
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| Further subjects: | B
African American women-Louisiana-New Orleans-History-18th century
B Electronic books B African American Women History 18th century (Louisiana) (New Orleans) |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
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| Summary: | Unearthing personal stories from the archive, Wicked Flesh shows how black women, from Senegambia in West Africa to the Caribbean to New Orleans, used intimacy and kinship to redefine freedom in the eighteenth-century Atlantic world. Their practices laid the groundwork for the emancipation struggles of the nineteenth century. |
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| Item Description: | Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources |
| ISBN: | 0812297245 |