Slavery & Power
This Jamaican plantation overseer used violence, punishment, and control to maintain mastery over enslaved people.
Who was Thomas Thistlewood?
This enslaved woman became Thistlewood's long-term mistress and gained influence, property, and status.
Who was Phibbah?
This book examines how Black girls are pushed out of schools through punishment, criminalization, and stereotypes.
Pushout?
Burnard argues that slavery depended not only on force but also on this ongoing relationship between masters and slaves.
What is negotiation between cooperation and contestation?
Unlike male slaves, enslaved women were expected to fulfill these two roles simultaneously.
What were producers and reproducers (workers and mothers)?
Kimberlé Crenshaw's concept explaining how race, gender, and class combine to shape experiences
What is intersectionality?
This enslaved man became one of Thistlewood's closest and most trusted slaves while still resisting complete control.
Who was Lincoln?
This woman resisted slavery through constant running away and was eventually sold off the island.
Who was Coobah?
According to Morris, Black girls are often punished for this perceived behavior.
Having an attitude?
Roger's suicide after the death of his master demonstrates the complexity of these relationships under slavery.
What are master-slave relationships?
This enslaved woman struggled to support her large family and illustrates the challenges of motherhood under slavery.
Who was Abba?
School policies that impose harsh punishments regardless of circumstances are called these.
Zero Tolerance Policies
Burnard describes Jamaican plantation slavery as one of the most brutally ______ systems in history.
What is dehumanizing?
Burnard argues that Phibbah was best understood not as a rebel but as this type of figure.
What is an accommodator?
Morris argues that Black girls are often treated as older and more responsible than they really are through this process.