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Emerging Scholars Talk: “Motherhood and Self-Emancipation”
Location
Stryker Center (412 Boundary St.)Access & Features
- Open to the public
Tamia Haygood, History: “Motherhood and Self-Emancipation among Enslaved and Servant Women in Colonial Pennsylvania”
In the eighteenth century, enslaved and servant women fled from coercive labor arrangements for a variety of reasons: to circumvent laws that punished women for illegitimate children, to be near their young and adult children in other areas, and to give birth as free women. In this talk, Tamia Haygood, history doctoral student at William & Mary, will describe the tactics used by women fleeing bondage in colonial Pennsylvania, as well as the ways their motivations related often to motherhood and familial obligations.
The Emerging Scholars Series is offered in partnership with the Williamsburg Regional Library. Free & open to the public.
Sponsored by: A&S Graduate Center
Contact
[[sgglos,Sarah Glosson, A&S Graduate Center]]