Beyond Bondage - Free Women of Color in the Americas (Paperback, New)

Emancipation, manumission, and complex legalities surrounding slavery led to a number of women of color achieving a measure of freedom and prosperity from the 1600s through the 1800s. These black women held property in places like Suriname and New Orleans, headed households in Brazil, enjoyed religious freedom in Peru, and created new selves and new lives across the Caribbean. Beyond Bondage outlines the restricted spheres within which free women of color, by virtue of gender and racial restrictions, carved out many kinds of existences. Although their freedom--represented by respectability, opportunity, and the acquisition of property--always remained precarious, the essayists support the surprising conclusion that women of color often sought and obtained these advantages more successfully than their male counterparts.

General

Imprint:	University of Illinois Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	New Black Studies Series
Release date:	October 2004
First published:	October 2004
Editors:	David Barry Gaspar • Darlene Clark Hine
Dimensions:	235 x 152 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	344
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-252-07194-2
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General
LSN:	0-252-07194-8
Barcode:	9780252071942

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