{"title":"Duty and Love: Flora Lee's Resistance to Slavery in Revolutionary Marblehead","authors":"G. O'brien","doi":"10.1162/tneq_a_00989","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This study explores the life of Flora Lee, an enslaved Massachusetts woman, who had her daughter spirited away from her during the Revolution. Lee's efforts to be reunited with her daughter in Nova Scotia, and to protect other vulnerable Black children, highlight enslaved women's resistance to their family's enslavement during the Revolutionary Era.","PeriodicalId":44619,"journal":{"name":"NEW ENGLAND QUARTERLY-A HISTORICAL REVIEW OF NEW ENGLAND LIFE AND LETTERS","volume":"96 1","pages":"96-120"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1000,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"NEW ENGLAND QUARTERLY-A HISTORICAL REVIEW OF NEW ENGLAND LIFE AND LETTERS","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1162/tneq_a_00989","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"HISTORY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract This study explores the life of Flora Lee, an enslaved Massachusetts woman, who had her daughter spirited away from her during the Revolution. Lee's efforts to be reunited with her daughter in Nova Scotia, and to protect other vulnerable Black children, highlight enslaved women's resistance to their family's enslavement during the Revolutionary Era.
期刊介绍:
Contributions cover a range of time periods, from before European colonization to the present, and any subject germane to New England’s history—for example, the region’s diverse literary and cultural heritage, its political philosophies, race relations, labor struggles, religious contro- versies, and the organization of family life. The journal also treats the migration of New England ideas, people, and institutions to other parts of the United States and the world. In addition to major essays, features include memoranda and edited documents, reconsiderations of traditional texts and interpretations, essay reviews, and book reviews.