Introduction: Re(dis)covering and Recreating the Cultural Milieu of Margaret Garner
Part I. Historical and Cultural Perspectives on Gendered Resistance / Delores M. Walters
A Mother's Arithmetic : Elizabeth Clark Gaines's Journey from Slavery to Freedom / Mary E. Frederickson
Coerced but Not Subdued : Gendered Resistance of Women Escaping Slavery / Cheryl Janifer La Roche
Secret Weapons : Black Women Insurgents on Abolitionist Battlegrounds / Veta Tucker
Enslaved Women's Resistance and Survival Strategies in Frances Ellen Watkins Harper's "The Slave Mother : A Tale of the Ohio" and Toni Morrison's Beloved and Margaret Garner / Kristine Yohe
Can Quadroon Balls Represent Acquiescence or Resistance? / Diana Williams
Part II. Global Slavery, Healing, and New Visions in the Twenty-First Century
Freedom Just Might Be Possible : Suraj Kali's Moment of Decision / Jolene Smith
Marginality and Allegories of Gendered Resistance : Experiences from Southern Yemen / Huda Seif
Resurrecting Chica da Silva : Gender, Race, and Nation in Brazilian Popular Culture / Raquel L. de Souza
The Psychological Aftereffects of Racialized Sexual Violence / Cathy McDaniels-Wilson
Art and Memory : Healing Body, Mind, and Spirit : A conversation with Carolyn Mazloomi, Nailah Randall Bellinger, Olivia Cousins, S. Pearl Sharp, and Catherine Roma.