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"In me you see the Almighty's wondrous Power": Amelia Newsham, Race, and Black Women's Intellectual History in Georgian Britain.
| Τίτλος: | "In me you see the Almighty's wondrous Power": Amelia Newsham, Race, and Black Women's Intellectual History in Georgian Britain. |
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| Συγγραφείς: | Ono-George M |
| Πηγή: | Journal of the history of ideas [J Hist Ideas] 2026; Vol. 87 (2), pp. 351-367. |
| Τύπος έκδοσης: | Journal Article; Historical Article |
| Γλώσσα: | English |
| Στοιχεία περιοδικού: | Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 00140360R Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1086-3222 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 00225037 NLM ISO Abbreviation: J Hist Ideas Subsets: MEDLINE |
| Imprint Name(s): | Publication: Baltimore, MD : Johns Hopkins University Press Original Publication: Lancaster, Pa. |
| Ιατρικοί όροι (MeSH): | Enslavement*/history , Enslavement*/psychology , Enslavement*/legislation & jurisprudence , Enslaved Persons*/history , Enslaved Persons*/psychology , Enslaved Persons*/legislation & jurisprudence , Enslaved Persons*/education , Race Relations*/legislation & jurisprudence , Race Relations*/history , Race Relations*/psychology, United Kingdom/ethnology ; Black People/history ; Black People/ethnology ; Black People/psychology ; Women's Health/ethnology ; Women's Health/history ; Jamaica/ethnology ; White People/history ; White People/psychology ; White People/ethnology ; White People/education ; History, 18th Century ; Humans ; White |
| Περίληψη: | Born enslaved in Jamaica, Amelia Newsham had albinism, a condition not fully understood in the eighteenth century that contributed to nascent understandings and debates regarding racial difference. Known as the "white negro," Amelia was examined and exhibited across England by "men of the Enlightenment" who sought scientific explanations for her white skin. Their ideas were published or traceable in their correspondence. But what of Amelia? This paper places a brief archive from 1791 within the context of the ongoing "race debates" of the eighteenth century to consider how she understood her own difference and the question of human variety. |
| Entry Date(s): | Date Created: 20260504 Date Completed: 20260716 Latest Revision: 20260723 |
| Update Code: | 20260723 |
| DOI: | 10.1353/jhi.2026.a989313 |
| PMID: | 42077077 |
| Βάση Δεδομένων: | MEDLINE |
| ISSN: | 1086-3222 |
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| DOI: | 10.1353/jhi.2026.a989313 |