The Value of Enslaved Bodies: A Short Review of The Price for the Their Pound of Flesh
Women History Month is still here and I avidly read during the weekend the new book The Price for the Their Pound of Flesh by historian Daina Ramey Berry. It is…
Slave by Another Name ? Or How Evil is to Use the Term “Slave”
For long time now we have had this discussion on the use of the word “slave” and “enslaved” to refer to men, women, and children who had the legal status…
Quick Notes on Why Queen Njinga Matters
This is not an elaborate review, but to honor Women’s History Month, let me tell you why you should read Njinga of Angola: Africa’s Warrior Queen, a biography just published by Africanist historian Linda M.…
The problem of using the term “mistress” to refer to enslaved women
The issue regarding the status of enslaved women as “mistresses” is generating discussion on social media, this time because of a tweet by a Washington Post‘s journalist Krissah Thompson on her…