African Women in the Atlantic World: Property, Vulnerability & Mobility, 1660–1880

doi:10.1017/9781787444300

An innovative and valuable resource for understanding women's roles in changing societies, this book brings together the history of Africa, the Atlantic and gender before the 20th century. It explores trade, slavery and migration in the context of the Euro-African encounter.

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv
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Contents
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Acknowledgements
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List of Illustrations
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Contributors
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Map 1 Western Africa
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Introduction
pp 1-16
- By Mariana P. Candido, University of Notre Dame., Adam Jones, University of Leipzig.
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Part One - Property
pp 17-18
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1 - Adaptation in the Aftermath of Slavery Women, Trade & Property in Sierra Leone, c. 1790–1812
pp 19-37
- By Suzanne Schwarz, University of Hull.
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2 - Women, Land & Power in the Lower Gambia River Region
pp 38-54
- By Assan Sarr, Ohio University.
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3 - Women & Food Production Agriculture, Demography & Access to Land in Late Eighteenth-Century Catumbela
pp 55-69
- By Esteban A. Salas, University of Notre Dame.
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4 - Women's Material World in Nineteenth-Century Benguela
pp 70-86
- By Mariana P. Candido, University of Notre Dame.
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Part Two - Vulnerability
pp 87-88
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5 - Prostitution, Polyandry or Rape? On the Ambiguity of European Sources for the West African Coast, 1660–1860
pp 89-108
- By Adam Jones, University of Leipzig.
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6 - Parrying Palavers Coastal Akan Women & the Search for Security in the Eighteenth Century 109
pp 109-130
- By Natalie Everts, African indigenous societies in Dutch collections.
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7 - To be Female & Free Mapping Mobility & Emancipation in Lagos, Badagry & Abẹokuta 1853–1865
pp 131-147
- By Ademide Adelusi-Adeluyi, University of California
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8 - Gendered Authority, Gendered Violence Family, Household & Identity in the Life & Death of a Brazilian Freed Woman in Lagos
pp 148-168
- By Kristin Mann, Africa interested in slavery
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Part Three - Mobility
pp 169-170
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9 - From Child Slave to Madam Esperance One Woman's Career in the Anglo-African World c. 1675–1707
pp 171-190
- By Colleen E. Kriger, University of North Carolina
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10 - Writing the History of the Trans-african Woman in the Revolutionary French Atlantic
pp 191-216
- By Lorelle Semley, College of the Holy Cross
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11 - Spouses & Commercial Partners Immigrant Men & Locally Born Women in Luanda 1831–1859
pp 217-232
- By Vanessa S. Oliveira, University of Toronto.
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12 - Women, Family & Daily Life in Senegal's Nineteenth- Century Atlantic Towns
pp 233-247
- By Hilary Jones, University of Leipzig.
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Bibliography
pp 248-278
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Index
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Contents

Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-vii

Acknowledgements
pp viii-viii

List of Illustrations
pp ix-x

Contributors
pp xi-xiii

Map 1 Western Africa
pp xiv-xiv

Introduction
pp 1-16

Part One - Property
pp 17-18

1 - Adaptation in the Aftermath of Slavery Women, Trade & Property in Sierra Leone, c. 1790–1812
pp 19-37

2 - Women, Land & Power in the Lower Gambia River Region
pp 38-54

3 - Women & Food Production Agriculture, Demography & Access to Land in Late Eighteenth-Century Catumbela
pp 55-69

4 - Women's Material World in Nineteenth-Century Benguela
pp 70-86

Part Two - Vulnerability
pp 87-88

5 - Prostitution, Polyandry or Rape? On the Ambiguity of European Sources for the West African Coast, 1660–1860
pp 89-108

6 - Parrying Palavers Coastal Akan Women & the Search for Security in the Eighteenth Century 109
pp 109-130

7 - To be Female & Free Mapping Mobility & Emancipation in Lagos, Badagry & Abẹokuta 1853–1865
pp 131-147

8 - Gendered Authority, Gendered Violence Family, Household & Identity in the Life & Death of a Brazilian Freed Woman in Lagos
pp 148-168

Part Three - Mobility
pp 169-170

9 - From Child Slave to Madam Esperance One Woman's Career in the Anglo-African World c. 1675–1707
pp 171-190

10 - Writing the History of the Trans-african Woman in the Revolutionary French Atlantic
pp 191-216

11 - Spouses & Commercial Partners Immigrant Men & Locally Born Women in Luanda 1831–1859
pp 217-232

12 - Women, Family & Daily Life in Senegal's Nineteenth- Century Atlantic Towns
pp 233-247

Bibliography
pp 248-278

Index
pp 279-290

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