Last updated: April 23, 2026
Enslaved women in Saint-Domingue and the French Caribbean occupied a distinct position within plantation slavery — subject to sexual violence, reproductive exploitation under partus sequitur ventrem, and disproportionate assignment to domestic labor. They were also among the most active agents of resistance: running away, practicing infanticide rather than raise children into bondage, serving as bridge leaders in underground networks, and holding spiritual authority in Vodou communities.
under-slavery — Broader framework for women's labor and resistance.
Cécile Fatiman
Louis Delgrès
Marthe Rose
Breda Plantation - Where statistics come from
Cap-Français
1802 resistance
Sexual violence was systematically used against enslaved women.
Sexual violence was a defining feature of enslaved women's experience.
Women Under Slavery
Black Femme Freedom
Bridge Leader
Code Noir
under-slavery -- Source for women's experience and resistance
under-slavery --- Women's experience under the slave system
Women Under Slavery
Women Under Slavery
Women Under Slavery
Women Under Slavery
Partus Sequitur Ventrem
Women Under Slavery
Vodou As Revolutionary Infrastructure
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