Only the market could decide the price of such brutal opportunities, which made accounting for value nearly impossible. These prices were not as regular as that of a man who could be reduced to a full hand or a half-hand, capable of X pounds of cotton per day. In these, and many other ways, the valuation of a woman was different from that of a man-not just in her ability to labor, but in her as an object of sexual desire and as a mother to sellable children. Fertile women had higher prices than the women whose fertility was uncertain.
Women with sexually transmitted diseases were reduced in price. As part of the fancy trade, buyers were buying sexual access, and enslaved women gained in price. Though Rosenthal discounts breeding as an end in itself, rape and reproduction are at the center of the valuation of enslaved women. Similarly, some owners’ refusal to calculate prices reveals the way in which the enslaved, women in particular, were not commodities, but luxuries. All subjects Allied Health Cardiology & Cardiovascular Medicine Dentistry Emergency Medicine & Critical Care Endocrinology & Metabolism Environmental Science General Medicine Geriatrics Infectious Diseases Medico-legal Neurology Nursing Nutrition Obstetrics & Gynecology Oncology Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine Otolaryngology Palliative Medicine & Chronic Care Pediatrics Pharmacology & Toxicology Psychiatry & Psychology Public Health Pulmonary & Respiratory Medicine Radiology Research Methods & Evaluation Rheumatology Surgery Tropical Medicine Veterinary Medicine Cell Biology Clinical Biochemistry Environmental Science Life Sciences Neuroscience Pharmacology & Toxicology Biomedical Engineering Engineering & Computing Environmental Engineering Materials Science Anthropology & Archaeology Communication & Media Studies Criminology & Criminal Justice Cultural Studies Economics & Development Education Environmental Studies Ethnic Studies Family Studies Gender Studies Geography Gerontology & Aging Group Studies History Information Science Interpersonal Violence Language & Linguistics Law Management & Organization Studies Marketing & Hospitality Music Peace Studies & Conflict Resolution Philosophy Politics & International Relations Psychoanalysis Psychology & Counseling Public Administration Regional Studies Religion Research Methods & Evaluation Science & Society Studies Social Work & Social Policy Sociology Special Education Urban Studies & Planning BROWSE JOURNALS
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