The Women of Rendezvous: A Transatlantic Story of Family and Slavery

by Jenny Shaw

The Women of Rendezvous is a dramatic transatlantic story about five women who birthed children by the same prominent Barbados politician and enslaver. Two of the women were his wives, two he enslaved, and one was a servant in his household. All were determined to make their way in a world that vastly and differentially circumscribed their life choices. From a Barbados plantation to the center of England's empire in London, Hester Tomkyns,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1469682753
• ISBN13: 9781469682754
• Release Date: December 2024
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"