“Deluded and Ruined”: Diana Bastian—Enslaved African Canadian Teenager and White Male Privilege

This essay explores the vulnerability of enslaved African Canadian Black women by examining the death of Diana Bastian, an enslaved Black teenager who in 1792 was raped by George More,a member of the Governing Council of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. Though Bastian begged for assistance during the resul...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Afua Cooper
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Brock University 2017-12-01
Series:Brock Education: a Journal of Educational Research and Practice
Online Access:https://brock.scholarsportal.info/journals/brocked/home/article/view/623