More Than Chains And Toil

1. Unearthing And Remembering: Emancipating The Lives Of Enslaved Women
2. Tools Of The Trade: Methods In Constructing An Enslaved Women’s Work Ethic And Moral Agency
3. By Perseverance And Unwearied Industry
4. Whose Work Ethic? A Womanist Reading Of “A Work Ethic” From The Bible To The United States

Additional Info
“More Than Chains And Toil” is a probing and perceptive analysis of work in the experience of African American women. Even though forced labor was the essence of slavery, few have studied the labor of slave women from the perspective of women themselves. The author clarifies and analyzes the meanings that the women bestowed on their labors – meanings that constitute a rich resource of moral value for all who read this book.