Women and slavery in the French Antilles, 1635-1848

Abstract

Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Black Women and the Early Development of the French Antilles 2. The Atlantic Slave Trade, Black Women, and the Development of the Plantations 3. Women and Labor: Slave Labor 4. Women and Labor: Domestic Labor 5. Marriage, Family Life, Reproduction, and Assault 6. Discipline and Physical Abuse: Slave Women and the Law 7. Women and Resistance 8. Women and Manumission Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index