Enslaved women staged small daily acts of resistance against plantation owners

Evidence

Another woman, a field hand by the name of Jenny who was recovering from an accident, insisted on returning to the hospital after absconding to tend to her provision grounds. When refused readmittance, she went to the extremes of reinfecting her hand, tying packthread around it and rubbing dirt into the wound in order to receive her full entitlement of convalescence. — Stella Dadzie, A Kick in the Belly- Women, Slavery and…, 287

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Stella Dadzie, A Kick in the Belly- Women, Slavery and…, 287
• XREF: connects to: Enslaved women organized coordinated work stoppages and direct physical resistance — Stella Dadzie, A Kick in the Belly- Women, Slavery and…, 288; Enslaved women limited their fertility to strike at the plantation system — Stella Dadzie, A Kick in the Belly- Women, Slavery and…, 336; Enslaved pregnant women were subjected to brutal treadmill labor and floggings — Stella Dadzie, A Kick in the Belly- Women, Slavery and…, 251 (+7 more)

Library Connections

• Enslaved pregnant women were subjected to brutal treadmill labor and floggings #complicates (0.60) — Stella Dadzie, A Kick in the Belly- Women, Slavery and…, 251

Broader Connections

• Enslaved women limited their fertility to strike at the plantation system #exemplifies (0.80) — Stella Dadzie, A Kick in the Belly- Women, Slavery and…, 336
• Enslaved women organized coordinated work stoppages and direct physical resistance #expands (0.70) — Stella Dadzie, A Kick in the Belly- Women, Slavery and…, 288
• Enslaved women preserved their humanity by clinging to traditional African practices #expands (0.60) — Stella Dadzie, A Kick in the Belly- Women, Slavery and…, 380
• United slave resistance disabled whites’ power to discipline plantations #complicates (0.50)
• Revolt empowered individual slaves to seize control of plantations #qualifies (0.40)
• Slavery’s control system relied on a pervasive terror of resistance against masters #complicates (0.35)