More Than Chattel

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..". a much-needed volume on a neglected topic that is of greatinterest to scholars of women, slavery, and African American history." -- DrewFaustGender was a decisive force in shaping slave society. Slavemen's experiences differed from those of slave women, who were exploited both inreproductive as well as productive capacities. The women did not figure prominentlyin revolts, because they engaged in less confrontational resistance, emphasizingcreative struggle to survive dehumanization and abuse.Thecontributors are Hilary Beckles, Barbara Bush, Cheryl Ann Cody, David Barry Gaspar, David P. Geggus, Virginia Meacham Gould, Mary Karasch, Wilma King, Bernard Moitt, Celia E. Naylor-Ojurongbe, Robert A. Olwell, Claire Robertson, Robert W. Slenes, Susan M. Socolow, Richard H. Steckel, and Brenda E. Stevenson.