Roles Women Played on the plantation during slavery
Metropolitan Movements towards Emancipation
Topic: What role did women play on the Plantation?
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Rationale
During my study of Caribbean history at Kingston College there has been little mention of women during slavery as such I wanted to get more information for my personal development and knowledge. The focus is primarily on the highlight of the male counterpart. The females
Introduction
Enslaved women roles rarely appear in History books; mainly because men have written them. Women have always been a major part in history especially since they lived longer than men. But put aside the gender bias and it will be seen how women worked just as hard as men and at times even harder. Women were not only Labourers, but they were also Companions, Combatants, and Mothers. For them, as women, they endured a lot during their enslavement. They should not be judged as how white people used to view them. Some white people thought that it was their right to abuse of enslaved African women since they had bought them. They, enslaved women, might have endured even more than men but nothing is written down in history books. All of this made women fight a difficult battle against their masters towards their emancipation.
Body of research
ESSAY ON THE ROLE WOMEN HAD PLAYED ON THE PLANTATION DURING SLAVERY
What role did women play on the plantation during slavery ? that is the real question behind slavery and on the sugar plantation. Women were confined to field work, though some worked as house slaves. Even though males were more physical workers, many farmers preferred women to be the harder workers. There was a group of slaves called the ‘Great gang’ or ‘First gang’ made up of the strongest slaves many times the women had overpopulated the
Topic: What role did women play on the Plantation?
Table of Contents
Rationale
During my study of Caribbean history at Kingston College there has been little mention of women during slavery as such I wanted to get more information for my personal development and knowledge. The focus is primarily on the highlight of the male counterpart. The females
Introduction
Enslaved women roles rarely appear in History books; mainly because men have written them. Women have always been a major part in history especially since they lived longer than men. But put aside the gender bias and it will be seen how women worked just as hard as men and at times even harder. Women were not only Labourers, but they were also Companions, Combatants, and Mothers. For them, as women, they endured a lot during their enslavement. They should not be judged as how white people used to view them. Some white people thought that it was their right to abuse of enslaved African women since they had bought them. They, enslaved women, might have endured even more than men but nothing is written down in history books. All of this made women fight a difficult battle against their masters towards their emancipation.
Body of research
ESSAY ON THE ROLE WOMEN HAD PLAYED ON THE PLANTATION DURING SLAVERY
What role did women play on the plantation during slavery ? that is the real question behind slavery and on the sugar plantation. Women were confined to field work, though some worked as house slaves. Even though males were more physical workers, many farmers preferred women to be the harder workers. There was a group of slaves called the ‘Great gang’ or ‘First gang’ made up of the strongest slaves many times the women had overpopulated the
Bibliography: I. Shepherd Verene, Randle Ian Enslaved Women, Women in Caribbean History, Publishers 1999 II. Ashdown Peter, Humphreys Francis, Caribbean Revision History for CXC, Macmillan Caribbean, 1988 III. Appendix