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Slaveholders in Jamaica: Colonial Society and Culture during the Era of Abolition - Empires in Perspective 1st edition
Christer Petley
Slaveholders in Jamaica: Colonial Society and Culture during the Era of Abolition - Empires in Perspective 1st edition
Christer Petley
Explores the social composition of the Jamaican slaveholding class during the era of the British campaign to end slavery, looking at their efforts to maintain control over local society and considering how their economic, cultural and military dependency on the colonial metropole meant that they were unable to avert the ending of British slavery.
224 pages
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | August 1, 2009 |
ISBN13 | 9781851969906 |
Publishers | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
Pages | 224 |
Dimensions | 488 g |
Language | English |
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