Critical Thinking :
Reparation for the Exploited Pamela D.Bridgewater, in her article on reproductive abuse describes how black women were used for breeding slaves by their masters. The state did not give a woman the legislative power to charge her master or any white man with rape. The child born to such a woman was legally a slave, which meant he or she could be used for labour or sold for profit. In a way, the state supported the exploitation of the reproductive rights of these women. She feels that while it is difficult to talk about beatings and other forms of exploitation, it is ...
