Deviant and dangerous: pro-slavery representations of Jamaican slave women's sexuality, c.1780-1834

H. Altink

doi:10.1080/01440390500176541

Deviant and dangerous: pro-slavery representations of Jamaican slave women's sexuality, c.1780-1834

H. Altink

History

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Abstract

This article analyses the pro-slavery debate about Jamaican slave women's sexuality in the period 1770-1834. The first part shows that two images of slave women dominated this debate and argues that these served primarily to displace fears about the viability of the plantation system. The second part explores the link between the two images and the practice of interracial sex, amongst others, by comparing Jamaican attitudes towards interracial sex with on the North American mainland. The conclusion links the analysis to the existing scholarship on pro-slavery discourse and describes some long-term effects of the two images of slave women's sexuality.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	271-288
Number of pages	17
Journal	Slavery and Abolition
Volume	26
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/01440390500176541
Publication status	Published - Aug 2005

Access to Document

10.1080/01440390500176541

http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01440390500176541

Cite this

@article{99fe51bf271a4cd4ae0461e40640032b,

title = "Deviant and dangerous: pro-slavery representations of Jamaican slave women's sexuality, c.1780-1834",

abstract = "This article analyses the pro-slavery debate about Jamaican slave women's sexuality in the period 1770-1834. The first part shows that two images of slave women dominated this debate and argues that these served primarily to displace fears about the viability of the plantation system. The second part explores the link between the two images and the practice of interracial sex, amongst others, by comparing Jamaican attitudes towards interracial sex with on the North American mainland. The conclusion links the analysis to the existing scholarship on pro-slavery discourse and describes some long-term effects of the two images of slave women's sexuality.",

author = "H. Altink",

year = "2005",

month = aug,

doi = "10.1080/01440390500176541",

language = "English",

volume = "26",

pages = "271--288",

journal = "Slavery and Abolition",

issn = "0144-039X",

publisher = "Routledge",

number = "2",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Deviant and dangerous: pro-slavery representations of Jamaican slave women's sexuality, c.1780-1834

AU - Altink, H.

PY - 2005/8

Y1 - 2005/8

N2 - This article analyses the pro-slavery debate about Jamaican slave women's sexuality in the period 1770-1834. The first part shows that two images of slave women dominated this debate and argues that these served primarily to displace fears about the viability of the plantation system. The second part explores the link between the two images and the practice of interracial sex, amongst others, by comparing Jamaican attitudes towards interracial sex with on the North American mainland. The conclusion links the analysis to the existing scholarship on pro-slavery discourse and describes some long-term effects of the two images of slave women's sexuality.

AB - This article analyses the pro-slavery debate about Jamaican slave women's sexuality in the period 1770-1834. The first part shows that two images of slave women dominated this debate and argues that these served primarily to displace fears about the viability of the plantation system. The second part explores the link between the two images and the practice of interracial sex, amongst others, by comparing Jamaican attitudes towards interracial sex with on the North American mainland. The conclusion links the analysis to the existing scholarship on pro-slavery discourse and describes some long-term effects of the two images of slave women's sexuality.

U2 - 10.1080/01440390500176541

DO - 10.1080/01440390500176541

M3 - Article

SN - 0144-039X

VL - 26

SP - 271

EP - 288

JO - Slavery and Abolition

JF - Slavery and Abolition

IS - 2

ER -