women slaves

Examines the way of life of the slave women on plantations in the American South.

Chronicles the life of Sally Hemings, discussing her life as a slave, her connections to Thomas Jefferson, and the late-twentieth-century debate over her children's lineage.

Describes the lives of Mary Todd Lincoln and sought-after dressmaker Elizabeth Keckly, a freed slave, and examines the role Elizabeth played in Mary's turbulent life before and after the president's assassination.

Recounts the life of Biddy Mason, a slave who found freedom in California in 1856, who practiced the philosophy of sharing as she nursed the sick, delivered babies, and started many philanthropic projects after becoming a wealthy landowner in Los Angeles.

Presents nearly forty poems by eighteenth-century writer Phillis Wheatley, a slave who achieved fame as the first published African-American poet.

Follows the life of one of America's first black poets from her sale as a child slave on the Boston auction block to her death as an impoverished freedwoman in 1784.

In post-Civil War Ohio, the past continues to haunt the ex-slave Sethe and the surviving memebers of her family.

A selection of narratives dictated or written by former women slaves, describing the hardships particular to women in bondage like rape and theft of children.

Biography of the 18th century woman who arrived in America as a slave, and became an internationally famous poet and the first African-American to publish a book.

Lizzie, Reenie, and Sweet, three enslaved African-American mistresses who are regularly brought to a resort called the Tawawa House prior to the Civil War, contemplate running for freedom after a fire sets off a series of tragedies.