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1	Representations of Labor in the Slave Narrative Barron, Agnel Natasha 13 July 2009 (has links) This study examines the slave narratives The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, The History of Mary Prince, A West Indian Slave, Related by Herself and The Bondwoman’s Narrative to determine the way in which these texts depict the economics of labor in slave society. Taking into account the specific socio-historical contexts in which these narratives were written, this study analyzes the way in which the representations of labor in these narratives interrogate slavery and address issues relating to the social relations and power dynamics of their respective societies. Emphasis is given to the way in which the gender complexities of slavery merge with the dynamics of labor thereby underscoring some of the peculiarities of the female slave experience. Social relations Gender complexities Power dynamics Slave narratives Female slave experience Dynamics of labor Olaudah Equiano Labor Mary Prince The Bondswoman Narrative Slave society Slavery Representations of labor English Language and Literature
2	Unlawful Assembly and the Fredericksburg Mayor's Court Order Books, 1821-1834 Blunkosky, Sarah K. 01 May 2009 (has links) Unlawful assembly accounts extracted from the Fredericksburg Mayor’s Court Order Books from 1821-1834, reveal rare glimpses of unsupervised, alleged illegal interactions between free and enslaved individuals, many of whom do not appear in other records. Authorities enforced laws banning free blacks and persons of mixed race from interacting with enslaved persons and whites at unlawful assemblies to keep peace in the town, to prevent sexual relationships between white women and free and enslaved black men, and to prevent alliance building between individuals. The complex connections necessary to arrange unlawful assemblies threatened the town’s safety with insurrection if these individuals developed radical ideas opposing the existing social order, the foundation of which was slavery. Akin to residents of areas where natural disasters like volcanoes always pose a risk of dangerous eruptions, those living in Fredericksburg lived their lives within the town slave society and its potential threats. In an area, state, and region where insurrections occurred, unlawful assembly, whether frequent or infrequent, mattered. Unlawful Assembly Slavery Fredericksburg History Race Gender Mayor's Court Court records slave insurrection town society town slave society Virginia debaptist debaptiste george free black american colonization society david walker law restriction Arts and Humanities History

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Representations of Labor in the Slave Narrative

Unlawful Assembly and the Fredericksburg Mayor's Court Order Books, 1821-1834