1. Reassessing the Past - Gender and Slavery
However, with the development of women's studies as an accredited academic exploration as well as the emergence of minority histories endorsed by democratically-minded historians throughout the 70's, we have witnessed "the flourishing of almost a cult of pluralism in matters pertaining to history and memory". ... The first comprehensive book to be written about enslaved African American women is titled Ar'n't I a Woman by Deborah White. ... Over the course of the past forty years, American historiography has evolved from a very limited admittance of black bondswo...
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