Based on your reading of McLaurin’s biography, write an essay that explains why slavery was more contentious for women than it was for men.
In the middle of the nineteenth century, slavery had become a deeply divisive issue for Americans in all regions of the country. The tensions appeared differently based on the gendered identity of slaves. Historian Melton McLaurin highlights this divisiveness in Celia, A Slave: A True Story, in which one extraordinary woman temporarily became the center … Read more