Dr. Carrie Gibson on the stories of enslaved women

Dr. Carrie Gibson, author of Empire’s Crossroads: A History of the Caribbean from Columbus to the Present Day and El Norte: The Epic and Forgotten Story of Hispanic North America, joins us to talk about Mary Prince, subject of one of the earliest slave narratives. With Prince as a starting point, we delve into the complexities of how the stories of enslaved and formerly enslaved women like Sojourner Truth and Elizabeth Freeman were told - for better or worse - by white abolitionists, and how we can do justice to their stories today with questionable, scant documentation.

Read more about Dr. Gibson: carriegibson.co.uk

Read the interview transcript: https://www.infinite-women.com/wp-content/uploads/Carrie-Gibson-on-Mary-Prince-and-who-tells-black-womens-stories-.pdf

Image: Sojourner Truth