It appears based on novels that have been explored in our capstone course such as: Blake, Frederick, Frado, and Curses of Cast, there seems to be a difference between the voice of black female authors and their male counterpoints of this historic period. Male and female victims of slavery had different experiences, and of course each specific person who had to endure institutionalized slavery and racism had their own struggles to overcome. However, after reading some of the most well-known, and some less well known, books written by black writers in the eighteenth and nineteenth century, it becomes evident that the style and voice of books written by black female writers carry a different weight of importance and power within the scope of literature. …show more content…
It is also necessary to examine what it means to be a female author, and what it means to be a black female author. Historically, being a black woman in the United States during the eighteenth century through the twentieth century showcases the unfortunate burdens of oppressions based on not only their gender, which is still viewed by many as inferior to the male gender, and skin colors. The narratives of black women during these centuries encapsulate the worries, discrimination, and obstacles they had to suffer which others did not have to experience. This creates a unique perspective of these women and their way of interpreting the social inequities and historical events that transpired during their life. During slavery, black women were not only treated as sub-human due to their skin tones, but they were also often sexually abused or explicitly raped, and unable to turn to anyone for help. The understandings that black women authors had during this period of history generates an outlook which makes their novels both relatable to women of all races, but also distinctly important and relative to the African American