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What Rebecca said hit the nail on the head; what her new master did was "well-organized rape." I think that's exactly it. We've been talking in class about romantic relationships between slaves, and interracial romance. We've also talked a lot about rape of black women by white men. But this was something I was unprepared for. I was surprised to see not only the rape of Rose Williams by a fellow slave, but also that it was organized by a master that she believed was fairer and had the slaves' interests in mind more than her previous master. This was an interesting read because I had hardly (and this is out of ignorance) even considered the rape of black women by black men. Now that I have read this, it seems as though this was another obvious situation that may have taken place. --Mary Beth M. | What Rebecca said hit the nail on the head; what her new master did was "well-organized rape." I think that's exactly it. We've been talking in class about romantic relationships between slaves, and interracial romance. We've also talked a lot about rape of black women by white men. But this was something I was unprepared for. I was surprised to see not only the rape of Rose Williams by a fellow slave, but also that it was organized by a master that she believed was fairer and had the slaves' interests in mind more than her previous master. This was an interesting read because I had hardly (and this is out of ignorance) even considered the rape of black women by black men. Now that I have read this, it seems as though this was another obvious situation that may have taken place. --Mary Beth M. | ||
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| + | Having heard Rose William’s story before in the documentary “Unchained Memories,” I already knew the outcome. However, reading Rose’s voice brought a different life to the story. Her emotion was clear in her reaction to her forceful “breeding” with Rufus. I thought it interesting that she was able to assert power in that situation by choosing to remain unmarried. Where her master could force her to have relations with Rufus, her master could not force her to love him or choose to marry him. It is interesting that she makes this point very clear at the end of her monologue. --Hannah W. | ||
== Lucinda, a free woman, requests reenslavement, 1813 == | == Lucinda, a free woman, requests reenslavement, 1813 == | ||
