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Boarding: Black Women in Nantucket Generating Income and Building Community

Lee, Nedra K.·2019·Transforming Anthropology
DOI 10.1111/traa.12163
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This article addresses Black women's economic roles in nineteenth‐century Nantucket, Massachusetts, during the island's ascendency as the center of a global whaling industry. Much of the existing scholarship highlights men's participation in the whaling industry, while Black women's contributions remain obscured. I use two main lines of evidence to interpret Black women's working lives: census records and ceramic vessels recovered from the Boston‐Higginbotham House, a historic residence that was occupied by two Black families for almost 200 years. Changes in vessel forms over time indicate that Black women were increasingly finding ways to supplement the income of their spouses. I argue that Black women played an integral role in their household's economy, and in supporting the whaling industry, especially as boardinghouse operators. This form of entrepreneurship also served to expand Black families’ opportunities for building social networks and strengthening the Black community.

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Authors
Lee, N. K.
Affiliations
University of Massachusetts Boston (US)
Corresponding author
Lee, Nedra K.
Venue
Transforming Anthropology
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Published
2019-10-01
Volume
27
Issue
2
Pages
91-104
ISSN
  • 1051-0559 (ISSN-L)
  • 1548-7466
DOI
10.1111/traa.12163
OpenAlex
W2973932453
Cited by
13
References
47
Citations by year
2026: 2 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 4 · 2020: 1
FWCI
3.29
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor (vor)
Locations
Transforming Anthropology (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Anthropology › Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History › Colonialism, slavery, and trade
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Race, History, and American Society
Keywords
Black women, boarding houses, whaling industry, Nantucket, household economy, ceramic vessel, entrepreneurship, social networks, women's economic roles, gender and work

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