Signares were black and mulatto Senegalese women who had an influence via their marriage with European men and their patrimony. These women of color managed...

The signares owned ships and property and commanded male clerks. They were also famous for cultivating fashion and entertainment. One such signare, Anne...

A signature (/ˈsɪɡnɪtʃər, ˈsɪɡnətʃər/; from Latin: signare, "to sign") is a handwritten (and often stylized) depiction of someone's name, nickname, or...

freely, no man bidding, bore. ante Iouem nulli subigebant arua coloni ne signare quidem aut partiri limite campum fas erat; in medium quaerebant, ipsaque...

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based on her interviews in 1927 with Cudjoe Lewis Seasoning (slavery) Signare Atlantic Creole House of Slaves Collins English Dictionary. HarperCollins...

century to one of a class wealthy, colonial, Senegalese woman trader (the Signares), Anne Pépin or Anna Colas Pépin. Researchers argue that while the houseowner...

capital of Senegal from Saint Louts to Gorée.  Pépin held the designation of signare, a prestigious social and economic designation for women who formed partnerships...

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African signare-mistress Caty de Rufisque of Gorée. Her mother was perhaps the first Gorée-signare who is documented. Louette became the signare-consort...