Enslaved Women in America

Berry (history, Univ. of Texas, Austin; Swing the Sickle for the Harvest Is Ripe: Gender and Slavery in Antebellum Georgia) and Alford's (law, Florida A&M Univ.) concise volume updates readers on research about enslaved women. Berry's introduction serves as a short explanation of this area of research, which has lagged behind investigations of the history of male bondmen. Alphabetical and topical lists of entries open the volume. Each of the more than 100 entries, most of which are one to five pages in length, includes See also references and a suggested reading list. All aspects of the daily life of bondwomen are covered, and there are also profiles of notable and lesser-known slaves. Also included are black-and-white photos and primary-source documents, a detailed "Chronology of Enslaved Women in America," an appendix covering the "Population of Enslaved Women 1750–1860," and a selected bibliography of more than 340 print and web sources.