 | Contested Bodies: Pregnancy, Childrearing, and Slavery in Jamaica Subjects: Slavery -- Jamaica -- Social conditions -- 18th century; Slavery -- Jamaica -- Social conditions -- 19th century; Pregnancy -- Jamaica -- History -- 18th century; Pregnancy -- Jamaica -- History -- 19th century; Motherhood -- Jamaica -- History -- 18th ce; Contested Bodies explores how the end of the transatlantic trade impacted Jamaican slaves and their children. Examining the struggles for control over biological reproduction, Turner shows how central childbearing was to the organization of plantation work, the care of slaves, and the development of their culture. Sasha Turner teaches history at Quinnipiac University. |
