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'By her unnatural and despicable conduct' : motherhood and concubinage in the watchman and Jamaica free press, 1830- 1833
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Ono-George, Meleisa (2017) 'By her unnatural and despicable conduct' : motherhood and concubinage in the watchman and Jamaica free press, 1830- 1833. Slavery & Abolition, 38 (2). pp. 356-372. doi:10.1080/0144039X.2017.1317029 ISSN 0144-039X.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0144039X.2017.1317029
Abstract
From the spring of 1830, the Kingston-based newspaper, Watchman and Jamaica Free Press, published a series of articles discussing the prevalence of interracial concubinage throughout the island of Jamaica. While many discussed concubines as the victims of white men’s lust, equally discussed was the role that mothers had in the continuation of this practice and the degradation of their children. Amid the movement for the abolition of slavery, respectable members of the free community of colour discussed concubines who engaged in interracial sex as unfit mothers and a hindrance to the social progress of the larger community of colour.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Arts > History | ||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Slavery & Abolition | ||||||
Publisher: | Routledge | ||||||
ISSN: | 0144-039X | ||||||
Official Date: | 21 April 2017 | ||||||
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Volume: | 38 | ||||||
Number: | 2 | ||||||
Page Range: | pp. 356-372 | ||||||
DOI: | 10.1080/0144039X.2017.1317029 | ||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 25 January 2017 | ||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 21 November 2018 |
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