The Hidden Toll: African Women in the Slave Trade

The transatlantic slave trade is often told through the experiences of men, but women were subjected to unique horrors and forms of resistance. In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the gendered dimensions of enslavement—from the disproportionate capture of women in Africa to their role in plantation labor, reproduction as a tool of capital, and acts of defiance like infanticide and poisoning. They discuss the 'fancy trade' in New Orleans, the legal status of enslaved women's children under partus sequitur ventrem, and the lives of women like Marie-Josèphe Angélique, who was executed for allegedly setting fire to Montreal. Drawing on the work of historians like Jennifer L. Morgan and Daina Ramey Berry, this episode sheds light on a too-often overlooked aspect of this brutal history. #AtlanticSlaveTrade #EnslavedWomen #GenderedHistory #Slavery #MarieJosèpheAngélique #PartusSequiturVentrem #FancyTrade #NewOrleans #Montreal #Reproduction #Resistance #Infanticide #JenniferLMorgan #DainaRameyBerry #History #FexingoHistory #WomenInHistory #SlaveryEconomics Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo