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Slave trade and women: A forgotten history
- Source: The UNESCO Courier, Volume 2024, Issue 3, Jul 2024, p. 11 - 12
- French, Russian, Spanish
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- 18 Jul 2024
Abstract
Women constituted the demographic majority on colonial plantations from the 18th century onward. The slavery enterprise relied heavily on the labour and fertility of enslaved black women. Yet their place in historical research has long been marginal.
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