Storytelling, Digital Archives, and Black Women's Reproductive History in Real Time

Abstract: This essay examines how Black women have responded to the intervention of the law and the state in their reproductive lives over time. Through the practice of digital archiving, insights about survival, knowledge production, and the nexus between slavery and the twenty-first-century Black maternal health crisis emerge from the possibilities of storytelling.

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The Journal of the Civil War Era
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2026-02-14
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https://doi.org/10.1353/cwe.2026.a982909
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Race, History, and American Society
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Storytelling, Digital Archives, and Black Women's Reproductive History in Real Time

Tamika Y. Nunley
The Journal of the Civil War Era
Race, History, and American Society
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Storytelling, Digital Archives, and Black Women's Reproductive History in Real Time

Tamika Y. Nunley
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Abstract

Abstract: This essay examines how Black women have responded to the intervention of the law and the state in their reproductive lives over time. Through the practice of digital archiving, insights about survival, knowledge production, and the nexus between slavery and the twenty-first-century Black maternal health crisis emerge from the possibilities of storytelling.

The Journal of the Civil War EraVol. 16(1)
Gender equality
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Race, History, and American Society
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