Birthing a Nation: The Resistance of Mary Gaffney

6.5 2023 19 min
Documentary

Birthing A Nation: The Resistance of Mary Gaffney explores the story of forced reproduction in the antebellum South and reveals the agency of Mary Gaffney, an enslaved woman who takes control of her body and fertility.

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Nazenet Habtezghi

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Tera Hunter
Jennifer L. Morgan

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