Enterprising Women Gender, Race, and Power in the Revolutionary Atlantic |
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| Author:
| Candlin, Kit
Pybus, Cassandra |
| Series title: | Race in the Atlantic World, 1700-1900 Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8203-4455-3 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2014 |
| Publisher: | University of Georgia Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $70.00 |
Book Description:
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These recovered histories of entrepreneurial women of color from the colonial Caribbean illustrate an environment in which upward social mobility for freedpeople was possible. Through determination and extensive commercial and kinship connections, these women penetrated British life and created success for themselves and future generations.
These recovered histories of entrepreneurial women of color from the colonial Caribbean illustrate an environment in which upward social mobility for freedpeople was possible. Through determination and extensive commercial and kinship connections, these women penetrated British life and created success for themselves and future generations.