101 P - Slavery and Mobility

Friday, June 2, 2017: 10:15 AM-11:45 AM
BRESL 103 (Hofstra University)
Chair:
Celia E. Naylor, Barnard College
Visiting the Plantation
Teresa Prados-Torreira, Columbia College Chicago
Broomstick Marriage on the Border: Enslaved Relationships in Antebellum Kentucky and Western Virginia
Allison Dorothy Fredette, Appalachian State University
"So Far to Leeward": Eliza Moore's Circuitous Caribbean Journey to Liberation
Natasha Lightfoot, Columbia University
Female Convicts in the American Colonies
Marisha Caswell, Algoma University
Comment:
Jennifer L Anderson, Stony Brook University

Session Abstract

This panel looks at slavery in a global and multi-faceted context. The panel highlights experiences of slaves in the American colonies, Cuba, the Caribbean, and throughout the Atlantic. A variety of topics are discussed including; female slaveholders, slave marriages, sexual violence, the pursuit of freedom, and female convict slaves.

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