Fertility control, shared nurturing, and dual exploitation
The lives of enslaved mothers in the antebellum United States
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4348136 |
|---|---|
| Authors | E West (0000-0003-3444-3814, University of Reading, corresponding author), Erin Shearer (0000-0002-5020-8016, University of Reading) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 1006-1020 |
| Publication date | 2018-09-19 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Women s History Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0961-2025 • E-ISSN: 1747-583X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09612025.2017.1336849 |
| OpenAlex | W2625123047 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
Slaveholders believed women could both labour and care for their children simultaneously, and they routinely exploited enslaved mothers as both workers and as reproducers. Using Stephanie Camp’s conceptualization of enslaved women’s bodies as sites of resistance, this article argues that despite slavery’s arduousness motherhood provided a place of refuge for enslaved women to enjoy their children and the camaraderie of their peers. However, women sometimes lamented bringing enslaved children into the world and strove not to do so, especially when pregnancy resulted from sexual assault. Slavery’s unique burdens meant many women participated in shared and more communal forms of mothering than their white counterparts
Art · Economics · Fertility · Geography · Political science · Population · Sociology · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Demography · Gender Studies · Historical Gender and Feminism Studies · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes
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| Unique citing works | 12 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,5 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2025 (8) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |