Women and gender studies
How did racism/white supremacy shape the sexual lives of enslaved people?
How did racism/white supremacy shape the sexual lives of enslaved people? Under what circumstances and in what ways could enslaved men and women exert control over their romantic and sexual lives when they lacked the same degrees/kinds of leisure and privacy afforded to middle-class and affluent White men and women?
Please use the files attached as sources!!
Additional Sources:
Richard Godbeer, “The Overflowing of Friendship,” p. 101-114 [ASH]
Martha Hodes, “White Women, Black Men, and Adultery in the South,” p. 147-160 [ASH]
Sharon Block, “Rape and Sexual Power in Early America” [ASH]