Enslaved Women and the Art of Resistance in Antebellum AmericaThe historical records and stories of enslaved African women have both creative and life affirming resistance strategies for how women of the past have dealt with and healed from violence. This book draws on mid seventeenth to nineteenth century slave narratives to describe the depths of multi dimensional oppression and violence in the lives of enslaved African women. Harrison investigates pre colonial West and West Central African women's lives prior