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by R. Harrison (Author)
Draws on mid-seventeenth to nineteenth-century slave narratives to describe oppression in the lives of enslaved African women. Investigates pre-colonial West and West Central African women's lives prior to European arrival to recover the cultural traditions and religious practices that helped enslaved women combat violence and oppression.
Author Biography
Renee K. Harrison is Assistant Professor of African American and U.S. Religious History at Howard University School of Divinity, USA.
Number of Pages: 282
Dimensions: 0.8 x 8.3 x 5.6 IN
Publication Date: November 18, 2009
