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Author Elgersman, Maureen G

Title Unyielding Spirits : Black Women and Slavery in Early Canada and Jamaica
Published Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (298 pages)
Series Crosscurrents in African American History
Crosscurrents in African American history.
Contents Cover; Half Title; Crosscurrents in African American History; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Series Editor's Foreword; Preface; List of Abbreviations; 1. Introduction: Slavery in New France; 2. Slavery in Early Canada: Making Black Women Subject; 3. The Power Within: Black Women and Jamaican Slavery; 4. To Be a Woman: Production, Reproduction, and Material Culture; 5. The Spectrum of Resistance; 6. In the Space of Freedom; 7. Conclusion: Race and Gender Considerations; Bibliography; Index
Summary First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company
Notes Print version record
Subject Enslaved women -- Canada -- History -- 17th century
Enslaved women -- Canada -- History -- 18th century
Women, Black -- Canada -- History -- 17th century
Women, Black -- Canada -- History -- 18th century
Enslaved women -- Jamaica -- History -- 17th century
Enslaved women -- Jamaica -- History -- 18th century
Women, Black -- Jamaica -- History -- 17th century
Women, Black -- Jamaica -- History -- 18th century
HISTORY -- Canada -- General.
Women, Black
Enslaved women
SUBJECT Canada -- History -- To 1763 (New France) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85019310
Jamaica -- History -- To 1962. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85069311
Subject Canada
Jamaica
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781135677534
1135677530