Conceived in violence
Enslaved mothers and children born of rape in nineteenth-century Louisiana
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11192522 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Andrea Livesey (0000-0002-7575-534X, University of Bristol, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 373-391 |
| Publication date | 2017-04-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Slavery and Abolition (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0144-039X • E-ISSN: 1743-9523 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/0144039x.2017.1317033 |
| OpenAlex | W2606001892 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 3 |
Through the examination of testimony from formerly enslaved people who had been fathered by white men under slavery, this paper considers how enslaved women negotiated motherhood when their child had been conceived through rape. Evidence reveals that the relationship between enslaved mothers and their children remained strong, despite sexual violence and interference into childrearing by slaveholding families. Informants had close knowledge of the non-consensual nature of their conception, and their willingness to discuss sexual violence reflects the lack of stigma attached to rape victims in the slave community, and hints at the way that enslaved communities coped with sexual violence on an institutional level
Criminology · Psychiatry · Sexual violence · Sociology · Stigma (botany · White (mutation · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · Gender Studies · Latin American and Latino Studies · Psychology · Race, History, and American Society
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,63 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2022 (5) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |