Rachael L Pasierowska
Biographic Data
| ID | 5530219 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rachael L Pasierowska |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rachael L |
| FAMILY NAME | Pasierowska |
| SIGNATURE | PASIEROWSKA R L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Rice University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6035-771X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Captive Cosmopolitans
Middle Passages
This article proposes a linguistic shift for scholars of trans-Atlantic slavery regarding the quintessential term 'the Middle Passage' to the plural 'Middle Passages'. As a singular noun, 'the Middle Passage' conforms with the 'triangular trade' which represented the three-way relationship between Europe, Africa and the Americas. The term almost exclusively encompasses the North Atlantic, failing to explore South Atlantic trading routes. By chang…
All aboard the King George and Happy Captive
This study examines the names and symbolism of slave ship vessels between 1750 and 1755. Undertaking trans-oceanic travel in the eighteenth century was a perilous venture. Sea storms threatened vessels and their crew members, who were near defenceless in the face of such violent natural elements. First, merchants sought to name their vessels for traits that bespoke speed. A vessel that remained for long stretches of time in any port lost capital …
Slavery and politics
Initially published in 2010 in Brazil, this English translation brings the acclaimed study Escravidao e Politica: Brasil e Cuba, c. 1790–1850 to the Anglo-literate audience. This is an important st
Up from Childhood
There came a moment in enslaved children's lives when they perceived that they were ‘different’ from their white playmates: they became cognisant of being slaves. This moment was part of a three-part process, which must be studied collectively in order to understand its full impact on child-slave identity formation. The first stage comprised a period of ‘blissful ignorance’ and many children spent several years unaware that they were chattel. The…
Screech Owls Allus Holler ’round the House before Death”
In the first half of the twentieth century, many African Americans in the South regarded owls as harbingers of death. This paper examines interviews conducted by the Works Progress Administration in the 1930s to investigate why former slaves repeatedly spoke of the screeching or hooting of an owl as a sign that death was nearby. This belief suggests that African Americans understood these birds to either possess or embody supernatural spirits tha…
African American Slavery and Disability
Dea H. Boster explores the intricate relations between white and black Americans with reference to African American slave disability. This study predominantly focuses on larger slaveholding plantat...
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African American Slavery and Disability
Dea H. Boster explores the intricate relations between white and black Americans with reference to African American slave disability. This study predominantly focuses on larger slaveholding plantat...
Up from Childhood
There came a moment in enslaved children's lives when they perceived that they were ‘different’ from their white playmates: they became cognisant of being slaves. This moment was part of a three-part process, which must be studied collectively in order to understand its full impact on child-slave identity formation. The first stage comprised a period of ‘blissful ignorance’ and many children spent several years unaware that they were chattel. The…
Screech Owls Allus Holler ’round the House before Death”
In the first half of the twentieth century, many African Americans in the South regarded owls as harbingers of death. This paper examines interviews conducted by the Works Progress Administration in the 1930s to investigate why former slaves repeatedly spoke of the screeching or hooting of an owl as a sign that death was nearby. This belief suggests that African Americans understood these birds to either possess or embody supernatural spirits tha…
Slavery and politics
Initially published in 2010 in Brazil, this English translation brings the acclaimed study Escravidao e Politica: Brasil e Cuba, c. 1790–1850 to the Anglo-literate audience. This is an important st
All aboard the King George and Happy Captive
This study examines the names and symbolism of slave ship vessels between 1750 and 1755. Undertaking trans-oceanic travel in the eighteenth century was a perilous venture. Sea storms threatened vessels and their crew members, who were near defenceless in the face of such violent natural elements. First, merchants sought to name their vessels for traits that bespoke speed. A vessel that remained for long stretches of time in any port lost capital …
Middle Passages
This article proposes a linguistic shift for scholars of trans-Atlantic slavery regarding the quintessential term 'the Middle Passage' to the plural 'Middle Passages'. As a singular noun, 'the Middle Passage' conforms with the 'triangular trade' which represented the three-way relationship between Europe, Africa and the Americas. The term almost exclusively encompasses the North Atlantic, failing to explore South Atlantic trading routes. By chang…
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