Fractional Freedoms explores how thousands of slaves in colonial Peru were able to secure their freedom; keep their families intact; negotiate lower self-purchase prices; and arrange transfers of ownership by filing legal claims. Through extensive archival research; Michelle A. McKinley excavates the experiences of enslaved women whose historical footprint is barely visible in the official record. She complicates the way we think about life under slavery and demonstrates the degree to which slaves were able to exercise their own agency; despite being ensnared by the Atlantic slave trade. Enslaved women are situated as legal actors who had overlapping identities as wives; mothers; mistresses; wet-nurses and day-wage domestics; and these experiences within the urban working environment are shown to condition their identities as slaves. Although the outcomes of their lawsuits varied; Fractional Freedoms demonstrates how enslaved women used channels of affection and intimacy to press for liberty and prevent the generational transmission of enslavement to their children.
#683289 in Books Clancy Tara 2016-10-11 2016-10-11Format: Deckle EdgeOriginal language:EnglishPDF # 1 8.60 x .80 x 6.00l; 1.25 #File Name: 1101903112256 pagesThe Clancys of Queens A Memoir
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Growing Up Among Unique Queens Working Class PeopleBy Arlington CoryTara Clancy's voice is tough; true; loving and funny. She takes us with her as she grows up as a scrawny tomboy nicknamed Scooter in the care of three primary households: her divorced mother's large raucous rough Queens Italian family; her Irish NYPD father's large Irish clan and his hard-drinking friends; and her college educated cleaning lady mother's weekend home with her longtime significant other who is a self-made business man and connoisseur. We ride with her at five in a limousine to The Hamptons and then on her toy pickup truck around and around the estate; as well as; as a preteen with her beloved gentle Italian insurance salesman grandpa retrieving errant tennis balls off the Belt Parkway. And during the scary rides back from his pub with her Dad. We also go with her and her teenage buddy sneaking joy rides in her mother's car and never getting caught. We meet lots of unique characters on Tara's road to maturity and self discovery. Throughout the journey Tara's People love her as best they can and she gets it; she really gets it.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Get Audio Book!!!By Farmer TedAs a West-Coaster; I've always been fascinated by the life / times of living on the East-Coast. Tara does a great job in the telling of her story. I didn't know we are roughly the same age; so hearing how the East half of the country lived during the my same time period made it more interesting. Some parts of the book get a little dragged-out; especially when she goes into specific details. It is funny I enjoy hearing about her parent's life more than hers. I learned how to swear in Italian!!!Do yourself a favor and get the audio book of this. For a West-Coaster; hearing Tara's accent; telling her story; really made it for me.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. A Tale of Two NY's; told by a very talented authorBy K. LockeTara Clancy's memoir veers from laugh-out-loud funny to "who's cutting onions". Her unique perspective; gained from growing up as a child of divorced parents who occupied very different worlds; makes this a thought provoking; memory-evoking; memorable read. From Broad Channel to the Hamptons; and all the social and economic levels in between; Ms. Clancy has lived it and she relates her tale beautifully. I hope to hear much more from this talented voice of NY!;
