The Belly of the World: A Note on Black Women’s Labors

2016681 citationsJournal Article

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Abstract

The slave ship is a womb/abyss. The plantation is the belly of the world. Partus sequitur ventrem—the child follows the belly. The master dreams of future increase. The modern world follows the bel...

Topics & Keywords

Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy Race, History, and American Society Caribbean history, culture, and politics

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Gender equality

Publication Details

Published in: Souls

Volume 18, Issue 1, pp. 166-173

DOI: 10.1080/10999949.2016.1162596

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