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Hemings family. Sarah " Sally " Hemings (c. 1773 – 1835) was a female enslaved person with one-quarter African ancestry who was owned by president of the United States Thomas Jefferson, one of many he inherited from his father-in-law, John Wayles. Hemings' mother was Betty Hemings, [1] the daughter of an enslaved woman and an English captain ...
The Farmer's Daughter. The Farmer's Daughter is an American sitcom, loosely based on the 1947 film, that was produced by Screen Gems Television and aired on ABC from September 20, 1963, to April 22, 1966. It was sponsored by Lark Cigarettes and Clairol, for whom the two leading stars often appeared at the show's end, promoting the products; the ...
The Black Family in Slavery and Freedom, 1750-1925. New York: Vintage Books. ISBN 0-394-72451-8. Hunter, Tera W. (2017). Bound in Wedlock: Slave and Free Black Marriage in the Nineteenth Century. Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-23745-2. Hunter, Tera W. (1997). To 'joy My Freedom: Southern Black Women's Lives and Labors After the Civil ...
A multiracial European family walking in the park. Interracial marriage is a marriage involving spouses who belong to different "races" or racialized ethnicities. In the past, such marriages were outlawed in the United States, Nazi Germany and apartheid -era South Africa as miscegenation (Latin: 'mixing types').
Three Young White Men and a Black Woman (1632) by Christiaen van Couwenbergh. Because of the power relationships at work, slave women in the United States were at high risk for rape and sexual abuse. [6] [7] Their children were repeatedly taken away from them and sold as farm animals; usually they never saw each other again. Many slaves fought ...
Sexual slavery and sexual exploitation is an attachment of any ownership right over one or more people with the intent of coercing or otherwise forcing them to engage in sexual activities. [ 1 ][ 2 ] This includes forced labor that results in sexual activity, forced marriage and sex trafficking, such as the sexual trafficking of children.
—Octavia E. Butler, in Carolyn S. Davidson's "The Science Fiction of Octavia Butler." From an early age, an almost paralyzing shyness made it difficult for Butler to socialize with other children. Her awkwardness, paired with a slight dyslexia that made schoolwork a torment, made Butler an easy target for bullies. She believed that she was "ugly and stupid, clumsy, and socially hopeless." As ...
A Massachusetts court awarded Richard Gladu $108,000 in compensation from Boston IVF after the fertility clinic impregnated his ex-wife with their frozen embryos without his consent, resulting in the birth of a daughter. Gladu was awarded $98,000 for the cost of raising his then seven-year-old daughter, and $10,000 for emotional distress. [52] [53]