Book contents
- As If She Were Free
- As If She Were Free
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- Elizabeth Catlett and the Form of Emancipation
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Claiming Emancipation during the Rise of New World Slavery
- Part II Experiencing Freedom during Slavery’s Expansion
- Part III Envisaging Emancipation during Second Slavery
- Part IV Enacting Emancipation in the Aftermath of Slavery
- 20 María Remedios del Valle, Nineteenth-Century Argentina
- 21 Lumina Sophie, Nineteenth-Century Martinique
- 22 Emma Lane Coger, Nineteenth-Century Illinois, Iowa, and Missouri (US)
- 23 Laura E. Davis Titus, Nineteenth-Century Norfolk, Virginia (US)
- 24 Carrie Williams Clifford, Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century Ohio (US)
- Bibliography
- Index
21 - Lumina Sophie, Nineteenth-Century Martinique
from Part IV - Enacting Emancipation in the Aftermath of Slavery
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 September 2020
- As If She Were Free
- As If She Were Free
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- Elizabeth Catlett and the Form of Emancipation
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Claiming Emancipation during the Rise of New World Slavery
- Part II Experiencing Freedom during Slavery’s Expansion
- Part III Envisaging Emancipation during Second Slavery
- Part IV Enacting Emancipation in the Aftermath of Slavery
- 20 María Remedios del Valle, Nineteenth-Century Argentina
- 21 Lumina Sophie, Nineteenth-Century Martinique
- 22 Emma Lane Coger, Nineteenth-Century Illinois, Iowa, and Missouri (US)
- 23 Laura E. Davis Titus, Nineteenth-Century Norfolk, Virginia (US)
- 24 Carrie Williams Clifford, Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century Ohio (US)
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
In 1870, a literate seamstress, the 19-year-old Lumina Sophie dite Surprise, took part in a short-lived insurrection in southern Martinique. She led a group of female insurrectionists called Pétroleuses who burned down plantations with petrol or gasoline. Subsequently, she was deported to the infamous penitentiary located in French Guyana. In contemporary times, this historical figure famously represents freedom and women’s rights in Martinique. She is remembered by twenty-first century labor activists, feminists, and literary figures and celebrated as the symbol of resistance for the Insurrection of the South.
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- As If She Were FreeA Collective Biography of Women and Emancipation in the Americas, pp. 373 - 392Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020