Female Slave Resistance Research Paper
The female slaves were aware of their masters interest in their children as slaves and so as a form of resistance towards their owners they resulted in sexual resistance in which they would practice abstinence or even go as far as to commit abortion and infanticide.This was one of the key forms of resistance used.'' The peacock flower, which she called Flos pavonis (Caesalpinia pulcherrima). It was used by the indigenous peoples of the Americas and enslaved Africans to cause abortions and suicide as a direct result of enslavement and sexual exploitation''10 The enslaved women did this as they did not want their children to be taken away from them and subjected and mandated into living out their lives as a slave and instead decided to succumb