Kick in the Belly
Kick in the Belly The story of the enslaved West Indian women in the struggle for freedomThe forgotten history of women slaves and their struggle for liberation. In this riveting work of historical…
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Kick in the Belly
The story of the enslaved West Indian women in the struggle for freedomThe forgotten history of women slaves and their struggle for liberation. In this riveting work of historical reclamation, Stella Dadzie recovers the lives of women who played a vital role in developing a culture of slave resistance across the Caribbean.Dadzie follows a savage trail from Elmina Castle in Ghana and the horrors of the Middle Passage, as slaves were transported across the Atlantic, to the sugar plantations of Jamaica and beyond. Enslaved West Indian women had few opportunities to record their stories for posterity.
There are African queens, such as Amina, who led a 20,000-strong army. She reveals women who were central to slave rebellions and liberation. There is Mary Prince, sold at twelve years old, never to see her sisters or mother again.
Asante Nanny the Maroon, the legendary obeah