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A literary study if black feminism in 19th-century American context
(BRAC University, 2025-09) Maliha, Humayra Hakim; Noman, Abu Sayeed Mohammad
Racism and sexism have made black women in America and Europe see white women as less than human for a long time. Black women who were slaves were seen as sexually entitled, falling behind, and less important than white women. There has been bias against them because of their race and sexuality. In the 1800s, books like "Ain't I a Woman?" by Sojourner Truth and "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl" by Harriet Jacobs were the first to give Black women a voice. It was easy to see how hard things were for Black women and how much they wanted to be human, strong, and free in these new works. Black feminists fought for equal rights for women and black people before the Civil War. They spoke out against slavery and male-dominated systems that put women down. They said that their fights weren't getting enough attention and were often left out of well-known activist and early feminist groups. Before the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments, the U.S. Constitution didn't treat slaves or Black people very well as people. For representational reasons, the "three-fifths compromise" treated slaves as parts of a person. However, the fact that Black people's humanity was not legally recognized helped slavery to continue. This paper explores the literary and historical review of the American female slaves and explores their sufferings.