Balance of power during colonial slavery

+Used sources: L. Mathurin-Mair, A historical study of women in Jamaica from 1655-1844 (dissertation University of the West Indies, Barbados, Jamaica, 1974). Units of observation: Slave community, oral tradition. *Publ.: Theoretical concepts in relation to slavery and women; Reader Intern.Soc.Assoc. / CRes Conf., Canada 8-11 dec.1988 (Amsterdam 1988).