Enslaved women & resistance

Stella Dadzie uncovers the experiences and resistance activities of enslaved women in the West Indies

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Published: October 21, 2020 at 1:41 pm

Historian and activist Stella Dadzie talks about her new book, A Kick in the Belly: Women, Slavery and Resistance, which uncovers the experiences of enslaved women in the West Indies, and reveals the inventive ways they resisted their oppressors.

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