Gender, Race, and Rank in a Revolutionary Age the Georgia Lowcountry, 1750-1820
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Univ of Georgia Pr
- Publish date: 06/01/2000
Studying interactions between female slaves and free women of color, between plantation mistresses and their female slaves, and between the members of a "ladies" charitable society and the young "women" who received their help, Wood brings their diverse worlds to life, including colorful details of their work, religious practices, and even the hidden agendas in their social circles. She offers evidence of extensive family racial, and social barriers to their awareness and development of a shared identity as women and concludes that although the boundaries between these groups were sometimes permeable, ties of gender seldom superseded considerations of social rank and ethnicity.