Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ257320
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1981
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Reflections on the Black Woman's Role in the Community of Slaves.
Davis, Angela Y.
Black Scholar, v12 n6 p2-15 Nov-Dec 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, Ethnic Stereotypes, Family (Sociological Unit), Females, Sex Role, Sex Stereotypes, Slavery
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Historical Materials; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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