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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"female slaves"”.
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Roman Slavery: A Study of Roman Society and Its Dependence on slaves.
<p>Rome's dependence upon slaves has been well established in terms of economics and general society. This paper, however, seeks to demonstrate this dependence, during the end of the Republic and the beginning of the Empire, through detailed examples of slave use in various areas of Roman life. The …
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In the Age of Freedom, in the Name of Justice": Slaves, Slaveholders, and the State in the Late Ottoman Empire and Early Turkish Republic, 1857-1933
… Ottoman slavery comprised both male and female slaves, employed respectively for agricultural work in rural areas and for domestic and sexual services in the large urban centers of the empire. Their social destinies were markedly different from each other throughout the long course of the …
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Female slave portrayals in child and young adult historical fiction by African American authors
… This exploration juxtaposed portrayals of female slaves developed by African-American female authors with portrayals created by African-American male authors. Historical fiction for children and young adults was collected and analyzed using literary criticism and literary theory that is …
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A collection of discrete essays with the common theme of gender and slavery at the Cape of Good Hope with a focus on the 1820s
… Cape profoundly altered gendered perceptions of slaves, both on the part of slaveholders, and of the slaves themselves. The amelioration regulations entailed a redefinition of the gender of female slaves, which was resisted by slaveholders and transformed by slave women, while slave men began to …
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The Enslaved people of Simons Town 1743-1843
… insights into how this was experienced by slaves. Two oral history interviews were also conducted. Significantly the data shows that slaveholders exerted their power through a combination of violence and differential treatment, intended to cause fear and division amongst slaves. Conversely, …
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Negotiating Honor: Women and Slavery in Caracas, 1750-1854
This study examines three interrelated groups — female slaves, female slave owners, and free women of African heritage — living in the city and state of Caracas, Venezuela from the middle of the eighteenth through the middle of the nineteenth centuries in order to improve our historical …