Drawing on letters, personal testimony, works of art, novels and historic Black newspapers, this book is an interdisciplinary exploration of Black women's contributions to the intellectual life of nineteenth century America.
Dr. Rebecca J. Fraser is an associate professor of American History and Culture at the University of East Anglia, UK. Her previous books have included Courtship and Love among the Enslaved in North Carolina (2007) and Gender, Race and Family in Nineteenth-Century America: From Northern Woman to Plantation Mistress (2012).
