How would you describe the difficulty of constructing or researching the stories of Black women in pre and early America?

Constructing Black Woman’s History

-How would you describe the difficulty of constructing or researching the stories of Black women in pre and early America?

-What specifically is new to you about the biography of Angela and Belinda, however limited, as recounted by Berry & Gross; what do their stories help you to understand about the settlement of the “Americas” and/or early U.S. history?

-What is at least one specific example of the enslavement system as: forced, resisted, legal and contradictory?

-What is at least one specific example of Black women resisting enslavement bondage in any 2 of following 4 categories: day-to-day, cultural, escape and revolt?

-How specifically did any number of specific Black women contributed to brining enslavement to an end (participation in Underground Railroad, Civil War, etc.)

-In light of the resources engaged, do you believe that the enslavement system had an ongoing impact on any aspect of American realty (racism, incarceration, etc.) today; if so, how specifically; and does any of the resources engaged leave you with any wonderment; or unanswered question/s?