Ep. 152 Female Enslavers: How White Women in the American South Played a Much More Active Role In Slavery Than We Thought
About this episode
This episode explores the active role of white women in the enslavement of people in the American South, challenging previous historical assumptions.
As we transition from Black History Month to Women's History Month, I've chosen a topic that encompasses both, a topic that addresses a major misconception in American history. What role did white women actually play in enslaving people? For a very long time, historians assumed that women were merely passive enslavers. They enslaved because their husbands enslaved. They were involved only because of their roles as housekeepers. But, when we look at the actual evidence - documents, letters, in...
People in this episode
Host: Shea LaFountaine
Topics covered
- female enslavers
- white women
- American history
- slavery
- historical misconceptions
Keywords
- female enslavers
- white women
- slavery
- American South
- historical misconceptions
- Black History Month
- Women's History Month
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Places: American South
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