Women Enslaved and Free in the Caribbean

The Slavery and Emancipation of Women in the Caribbean

At the height of the issue of black slavery in the US and on the other parts of the world in the 18th to early 19th century , there came the emersion of women slavery problem in some other parts , particularly in the beautiful coastline of Latin America , commonly identified as Caribbean . This area was said to be the favorite place of the European colonialists as Catholic Spaniards , Protestant French and British Empire all invaded the land , stayed there , and formed a history . During these

br years , the economy of North America , as a whole , started to boom . Sugar and tobacco plantation has made an immeasurable contribution in it primarily in the Caribbean Economy

The industry of slave trading boomed as well . Reportedly , children especially girls were forced to work as early as four years old . They were tied to work domestically like washing dishes and laundry of their white-skinned masters . When they reach the age of twelve years old they started to work in the field to cultivate the land and plant sugar canes . Female workers were in demand as if they were almost equally important with male slaves . One of the reasons was the low cost with high labor value . Thus , it came to a point where masters have more female slaves than men workers

The belief that men and women have the same ability to work was the only thing that women are treated with men . Given this , it was never satisfy the basic needs of these women as human beings . They were still used to live under poor conditions where they are maltreated and abused Slaves were committed to work from sunrise to sunset and have given no medical attention even if it was needed . It therefore created a scenario of high mortality rates with low birth rates . Abortion was also high . Reproduction was proportionally low believably due to the unwillingness of the women slaves to be pregnant . Although there were times where masters allowed the slaves to get married and have children because of instant slaves that they could bring , they have learned that it was not economically advisable , and thus stopped the norm

Being engaged in the situation , women slaves were nothing to rely on Even their cultural and religious practices are being deprived . Some slaves were being murdered only because of practicing ceremonial dance as a form of praising to express themselves . Seemingly , masters viewed this as an evil witchcraft ritual . With these situations , resistance and rebellion of women slaves began emerging . Communities of masters have been alarmed , and thus exploitation of slaves became the focal point of several political debate and discussions

Emancipation in the Caribbean brought forth to light on August 1 , 1834 when the Slavery Abolition Act of 1833 had signed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom . It stopped slave trading from the Africa and freed the present slaves . However , enslavement hasn 't prevented completely as the slots were soon replaced by...