Domestic Captivity And The British Subject 1660-1750

In Seventeenth- And Eighteenth-century Britain, Captivity Emerged As Both Persistent Metaphor And Material Reality. The Exercise Of Power On An Institutional And Personal Level Created Conditions In Which Those Least Empowered, Particularly Women, Perceived Themselves To Be Captive Subjects. This Domestic Captivity Was Inextricably Connected To Englands Systematic Enslavement Of Kidnapped Africans, Even As Early Fictional Narratives Suppressed Or Ignored The Experience Of The Enslaved.domestic Captivity And The British Subject, 1660-1750 Explores How Captivity Informed Identity, Actions, And Human Relationships For White British Subjects As Represented In Fictional Texts By British Authors From The Period.