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For the final project for this class, I have decided to write about slave women across Africa and in Caribbean society. I intend to look at the life of these women slaves and examine their role in society. I’d like to answer questions like how did they came into enslavement, how they were treated, and their experience in the plantations… I also want to look at the influence and contribution (if there were any) of slave women to politic and the economy.
My interest in women’s history is what draw me to this topic. In my previous women’s history classes, women in slavery tend to be discussed very briefly, typically in the first few lectures. Most of the topics tend focus on the Victorian women and the more modern issues like the women’s suffrage, and the feminist movements etc. Therefore, this is my chance to dig deeper into women’s history and examine the role of female slaves.