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Writing The Wrongs : A Comparison Of Two Female Slave Narratives, Miya Hunter-Willis
Writing The Wrongs : A Comparison Of Two Female Slave Narratives, Miya Hunter-Willis
Theses, Dissertations and Capstones
This thesis compares slave narratives written by Mattie J. Jackson and Kate Drumgoold. Both narrators recalled incidents that showed how slavery and the environment during the Reconstruction period created physical and psychological obstacles for women. Each narrator challenged the Cult of True Womanhood by showing that despite the stereotypes created to keep them subordinate there were African American women who successfully used their knowledge of white society to circumvent a system that tried to keep their race enslaved. Despite the 30 years that separate the publication of these two narratives, the legacy of education attainment emerges as a key part …