1. Reassessing the Past - Gender and Slavery
... black woman's body as a producer of crops and more laborers. Additionally, their "monstrous" bodies suggested savagery, substantiating European conceptions of African inferiority to further legitimize African subjugation. The first comprehensive book to be written about enslaved African American women is titled Ar'n't I a Woman by Deborah White. In it White discusses the dual prejudice of racism and sexism that black ... ...
- Word Count: 1150
- Approx Pages: 5
- Has Bibliography
- Grade Level: Graduate