Beyonce Thomas 620140915 July 4, 2023 Tutorial Presentation Question# 6: Discuss the view that resistance to enslavement in the English-speaking Caribbean was gender specific. Introduction: Resistance to slavery in English speaking countries such as Jamaica and Barbados were discussed by Hilary Beckles and Barbara Bush. Both authors briefly describe the role of women during slave resistance and how their resistance whether it be cultural or psychological disrupted the flow of the plantation from time to time. I will be discussing how resistance to slavery was not left solely up to male slaves and how female slave’s methods of resistance was the most effective. MAIN POINTS Definition of Slave Resistance (Gender resistance was done by both genders) #2: What Hilary Beckles has to say about female resistance to slavery on the plantation in English speaking countries such as Jamaica and Barbados. #3: The different ways of resistance done by women slaves in Barbados, Grenada. Jamaica, and the lesser Antilles Islands such as St. Kitts. #4. What does Bush (Bush, Barbara. Slave Women in Caribbean society, 1650-1838) have to say about the types of resistances such as day to day, runaways etc. #5 What researchers such as Barry Gasper and Michael Craton have to say about gendered resistance in the English-speaking Caribbean. Conclusion: To conclude, resistance to slavery was not gender specific in fact even though it is commonly believed that only males resisted slavery through numerous tactics, women were said to use more effective ways of resistance to slavery that sometimes went unnoticed or overlooked by slave masters. Therefore, resistance to slavery was carried out by both male and female slaves. References: - Shepherd, Verene A. and Hilary McD. Beckles. Eds. Caribbean Slavery in the Atlantic World. Kingston: Ian Randle Publishers, 2000. - Bush, Barbara. Slave Women in Caribbean Society, 1650-1838. Kingston: Heinemann, 1990. - Beckles, Hilary. Centering Woman: Gender discourses in Caribbean Slave Society. Kingston: Ian Randle, 1999
