Women and Slavery in America

Women and Slavery in America offers readers an opportunity to examine the establishment, growth, and evolution of slavery in the United States as it impacted women—enslaved and free, African American and white, wealthy and poor, northern and southern. The primary documents—including newspaper articles, broadsides, cartoons, pamphlets, speeches, photographs, memoirs, and editorials—are organized thematically and represent cultural, political, religious, economic, and social perspectives on this dark and complex period in American history.