Type of Document	Thesis
Author	Smith, Katrina Songanett
Author's Email Address	kss2212@fsu.edu
URN	etd-07092007-190913
Title	In Search of Something Akin to Freedom: Black Women, Slavery, and Power
Degree	Master of Arts
Department	English, Department of
Advisory Committee	Advisor Name Title Candace Ward Committee Chair Amit Rai Committee Member Jerrilyn McGregory Committee Member
Keywords	miscegenation slavery Caribbean John Stedman Mary Prince Aphra Behn
Date of Defense	2007-06-15
Availability	unrestricted
Abstract This thesis examines both historical and fictional representations of interracial relationships in the 18th century. My argument in this project is two-fold. First, I argue that some black women used sexual relationships with white men to gain advantages for themselves and their fellow slaves. Second, I argue that novelists of the time period re-wrote history in an attempt to erase the positive aspects of miscegenation.
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