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Women and the American Experience Concise, 2/e
Nancy Woloch, Barnard College
Benevolence, Reform, and Slavery, 1800-1860

American History on the Web: Women in Slavery

Look at the following websites: http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/slaverycolloquium/women_in_slavery.htm and http://womenshistory.about.com/cs/slavery/.



1

What were female slaves' social position in relation to male slaves, white men, and white women?
2

How did slave women resist slavery? What were the effects and significance of their resistance?
3

How did the similarities and differences between free and enslaved women affect the 19th-century definition of "Woman?"








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