Systemic Value of A Female Body

1. Private

1.1. Hidden Black body

1.1.1. Unheard of and often unrecognized

1.1.2. Sought, but never found

1.2. Domesticated White body

1.2.1. Worthy of prrotection and preservation

1.2.2. Reproduction site of whiteness and freedom

2. Mrs. Flint (private white woman)

2.1. esteemed

2.2. protected

3. Linda's Box (private Black woman)

3.1. Inaccessible

3.2. Invisible

4. Public

4.1. Enslaved Black body

4.1.1. Reproduction site of blackness and slavery

4.2. Can never be violated; unworthy of protection and easily replacable

4.2.1. Birthed the Myth

4.2.1.1. Whore (lowly white women)

4.2.1.2. Jezebel (combination of "whore" and "slave"

4.2.1.3. Slave (Missouri v. Celia)

4.3. Poor White body

4.3.1. Potential to destabilize the system

5. Nancy (public white woman)

5.1. reprimanded (1662 Code)

5.2. redeemed (1691 Law)

6. Linda in Flint's house (public Black woman)

6.1. exposed

6.2. accessible