Introduction 0.1 African American Female Neo-slave Narratives 0.2 Literature Review 0.3 Theoretical Approach Chapter One The Miserable Life of the Enslaved Africans 1.1 The Middle Passage 1.2 Plantation Life 1.3 The Wretchedness of Black Female Slaves Chapter Two The Subjectivity in Marxist Philosophy 2.1 Subjectivity in Marxist Philosophy 2.2 Self-consciousness and Initiative in Marxist Subjectivity Philosophy Chapter Three The Subjectivity Construction of Slave Mothers 3.1 Self-consciousness 3.2 Self-empowerment 3.3 Self-action 3.4 Self-reflection Conclusion Works Cited