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\u201cSlave Woman,\u201d Antebellum South, Photograph, University of Georgia Libraries through New Georgia Encyclopedia<\/p>\n

This depicts a slave woman doing a traditionally female role, which is washing the clothing. It shows female slaves did a multitude of roles, including more traditional gender roles.<\/p>\n

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\u201cSlave Women Cultivating A Village Garden,\u201d Central Africa, Print, University of Virginia Library<\/p>\n

This depicts women working in Africa doing similar roles to those they did in the Americas. It also only depicts women, and it depicts them in their more traditional African attire.<\/p>\n

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\u201cInspection Roll of Negroes Book No. 1,\u201d 4\/23\/1793<\/span> \u2013 9\/1793, National Archives Catalog<\/span><\/p>\n

This depicts an inspection roll of Africans who were forced into slavery. It discusses men as well as women, however, it makes notes of each woman’s physical attributes. It shows how female slaves were valued, and why they were valued that way.<\/p>\n

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Pierre Havens, \u201cSlave Family,\u201d 1850’s, Photograph, New York Historical Society through New Georgia Encyclopedia<\/p>\n

This depicts a slave family picking cotton outside of Savannah. It includes the whole family, and shows both young girls and their mother working alongside men.<\/p>\n

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Henry Byam Martin, \u201cSlave Market,\u201d 1833, Pen and Ink Drawing, Library and Archives Canada through New Georgia Encyclopedia<\/p>\n

This depicts a slave market in Charleston South Carolina in 1833. The text depicts \u201c\u2018The land of the free & home of the brave.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cSlave Women in a Cotton Field,\u201d Antebellum South, Print, Digital Library of Georgia through New Georgia Encyclopedia<\/p>\n

This depicts slave women working in a field, without the overwhelming presence of men. It also shows young girls working as well alongside older women.<\/p>\n

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Harriet Jacobs, \u201cIncidents in the Life of a Slave Girl,\u201d 1861<\/p>\n

This is a memoir written by Harriet Jacobs, herself a slave, about her experiences with slavery. It explores the struggles that she, as well as other female slaves, had to deal with as female slaves on plantations. It is one of the only written memoirs by a female slave about her experiences.<\/p>\n

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