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Davis, Angela Y. – Black Scholar, 1981
Reprint of a 1971 article that criticizes the notion of Black matriarchy as implying that Black women actively assented to slavery. Discusses Black resistance to slavery, especially among women, and stresses the importance of recognizing such resistance if current popular sociological views on Black women are to be revised. (GC)
Descriptors: Activism, Black History, Black Mothers, Blacks