Enslaved women in Jamaica endured physical abuse including kicks to the pregnant belly
Evidence
As my two estates are at the two extremities of the island, I am entitled to say from my own knowledge … that book-keepers and overseers kick black women in the belly from one end of Jamaica to the other. — Stella Dadzie, A Kick in the Belly- Women, Slavery and…, 15
Categorization
- corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Stella Dadzie, A Kick in the Belly- Women, Slavery and…, 15
- XREF: connects to: Enslaved women limited their fertility to strike at the plantation system — Stella Dadzie, A Kick in the Belly- Women, Slavery and…, 336; White bookkeepers routinely kicked pregnant enslaved women in the belly across Jamaica — Stella Dadzie, A Kick in the Belly- Women, Slavery and…, 280; Enslaved pregnant women were subjected to brutal treadmill labor and floggings — Stella Dadzie, A Kick in the Belly- Women, Slavery and…, 251 (+2 more)
Library Connections
- White bookkeepers routinely kicked pregnant enslaved women in the belly across Jamaica
#corroborates(0.95) — Stella Dadzie, A Kick in the Belly- Women, Slavery and…, 280
Broader Connections
- Enslaved pregnant women were subjected to brutal treadmill labor and floggings
#expands(0.80) — Stella Dadzie, A Kick in the Belly- Women, Slavery and…, 251 - Enslaved women in Barbados toiled in the fields while heavily pregnant and nursing infants
#expands(0.60) — Stella Dadzie, A Kick in the Belly- Women, Slavery and…, 196 - Floggings of enslaved women fused racial and anti-female violence
#exemplifies(0.60) — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 117