2011-12 Pomona College Catalog

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HIST 114 AF - Slave Women in Antebellum America

CrsNo HIST114 AF

Mainly through primary and secondary readings this course examines the role of power and race in the lives and experiences of slave women in the antebellum United States. Topics include gender and labor distinctions, the slave family, significance of the internal slave trade, and regional differences among slave women’s experiences. The course ends with slave women’s responses during the Civil War.