Women in Early America: Struggle, Survival, and Freedom in a New WorldBloomsbury Academic, 2004 M11 23 - 495 páginas This volume fills a gap in traditional women's history books by offering fascinating details of the lives of early American women and showing how these women adapted to the challenges of daily life in the colonies. |
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... mother were briefly captured by British sol- diers , who tried to sell the slaves . Small girls during a time of war were of little economic value , and soon both Sally and her mother were returned to Monti- cello . In the hierarchy of ...
... mother was single and had yet to name the father . In most cases the laboring mother would be a young girl giving birth to her first child . Her atten- dants would be older , disapproving women , intent on discovering the name of the ...
... mother was often relegated to the status of friendless outcast . After delivery of the child , the mother would usu- ally be punished by a public whipping of between ten and thirty lashes . The mother would be allowed to care for the ...
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African American Women | 14 |
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Women in Early America: Struggle, Survival, and Freedom in a New World Dorothy Auchter Mays Vista previa limitada - 2004 |
Women in Early America: Struggle, Survival, and Freedom in a New World Dorothy A. Mays Sin vista previa disponible - 2004 |
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American Indian Chronology: Chronologies of the American Mosaic Phillip M. White Vista de fragmentos - 2006 |