Women and Slavery – Production and Reproduction

In “Women and Slavery in the Caribbean: A Feminist Perspective,” Reddock states, “among slaves the housewife did not exist” (1985, 64). What does the author mean by this?

Points to think about:

•The roles that enslaved women held on the plantation.

•How enslaved women were viewed on the plantation and plantation societies.

•How this may have changed post-emancipation.

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