Beowulf
The Historical Overview Of The American Tradition
According to Olsen both Black and White women were involved in the drive of slavery to be abolished. There was lots of tension between Black abolitionist and Whites. The women seeking the right to vote through organized protest were not sure their position; there was lots of confusion. Between the Black females abolitionist however, there was no confusion. The abolition of slavery was their first and only priority. Many Whites females abolition combined their interest of women rights with abolitionist. Olsen uncovers the stories while also giving a sample consideration to the tensions of race and gender that both united Black and White women in the struggle for equality and divided them at the same time.” Black and White women alike were caught in a triangle of sexual contradiction, repression, and lies”(5).
Olsen’s Example of Black and White females wanted something to end accurately and balance between fighting for racial and gender equality that Black women maintained throughout. Murray’s grandmother was born as the result of her great-grandmother being raped by a White man, and Olsen uses this situation as an example of the social system that existed in the antebellum of the south. In particular, Olsen’s notes that while White women were above slave women in southern society, in reality both Black and White women were completely less important to men Black women sexual objects and White women as the “Pure” savants to their husbands. White women were more likely to have the income to support them while doing abolitionist work. Many White women who were abolitionist were married to white male abolitionist or came from abolitionist families, though some like their families. Many White female abolitionists combined their interests of women rights with abolition. However, African Americans were born free also identified with struggle against slavery. Although African Americans spearheaded their own
According to Olsen both Black and White women were involved in the drive of slavery to be abolished. There was lots of tension between Black abolitionist and Whites. The women seeking the right to vote through organized protest were not sure their position; there was lots of confusion. Between the Black females abolitionist however, there was no confusion. The abolition of slavery was their first and only priority. Many Whites females abolition combined their interest of women rights with abolitionist. Olsen uncovers the stories while also giving a sample consideration to the tensions of race and gender that both united Black and White women in the struggle for equality and divided them at the same time.” Black and White women alike were caught in a triangle of sexual contradiction, repression, and lies”(5).
Olsen’s Example of Black and White females wanted something to end accurately and balance between fighting for racial and gender equality that Black women maintained throughout. Murray’s grandmother was born as the result of her great-grandmother being raped by a White man, and Olsen uses this situation as an example of the social system that existed in the antebellum of the south. In particular, Olsen’s notes that while White women were above slave women in southern society, in reality both Black and White women were completely less important to men Black women sexual objects and White women as the “Pure” savants to their husbands. White women were more likely to have the income to support them while doing abolitionist work. Many White women who were abolitionist were married to white male abolitionist or came from abolitionist families, though some like their families. Many White female abolitionists combined their interests of women rights with abolition. However, African Americans were born free also identified with struggle against slavery. Although African Americans spearheaded their own