the sexual exploitation of female slaves in the Danish West Indies
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Donoghue, Eddie
- Publish Year
- 2006
- Shelfmark
- WER 38 2006
- Thesaurus
- slavernij, kolonialisme, seksueel geweld, wetgeving, Deens, Caraïbisch gebied, 18e eeuw, 19e eeuw
- Description
- The author describes how under the Danish Slave Codes it was impossible to rape a slave and that if a female slave died during her resistance to sexual advances of any master, her owner was entitled to compensation by law. He describes how Danish government reacted to the diminishing slave population near the end of the eighteenth century with a breeding plan and how females resisted exploitation by resorting to abortion, infanticide, poisoning and suicide.