Erin Shearer
@erinshearer.bsky.social
Historian of slavery, resistance, and gender.
Fellow-in-Residence at the Rothermere American Institute; Associate Tutor for Oxford Lifelong Learning; Associate Lecturer in History University of Reading; Associate Tutor in History University of Warwick.
Fellow-in-Residence at the Rothermere American Institute; Associate Tutor for Oxford Lifelong Learning; Associate Lecturer in History University of Reading; Associate Tutor in History University of Warwick.
Reposted by Erin Shearer
The second new article is an OPEN ACCESS piece examining violent confrontations between enslaved women and white overseeing men by Dr @erinshearer.bsky.social of the @raioxford.bsky.social at the University of Oxford:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Challenging the overseer: enslaved women’s violent resistance in the US antebellum South
This article examines violent confrontations between enslaved women and white overseeing men, exploring how enslaved women opposed overseers through the weaponization of objects and fixtures on sit...
www.tandfonline.com
September 28, 2025 at 3:48 PM
The second new article is an OPEN ACCESS piece examining violent confrontations between enslaved women and white overseeing men by Dr @erinshearer.bsky.social of the @raioxford.bsky.social at the University of Oxford:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
This paper discusses the imaginative ways enslaved women obtained and used manufactured pharmaceuticals for their own resistive endeavours. In tracing these violent themes, this study showcases enslaved women's knowledge of the scientific and commercial medical culture of the antebellum south.
February 3, 2025 at 2:59 PM
This paper discusses the imaginative ways enslaved women obtained and used manufactured pharmaceuticals for their own resistive endeavours. In tracing these violent themes, this study showcases enslaved women's knowledge of the scientific and commercial medical culture of the antebellum south.