Christer Petley

Slaveholders in Jamaica (eBook, ePUB)

Colonial Society and Culture during the Era of Abolition

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Oktober 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317313922
• Artikelnr.: 43419286

Autorenporträt

Christer Petley

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Chapter 1 Slaveholding and the Jamaican Economy
Chapter 2 Colonial Society and Proslavery Culture
Chapter 3 Public Life and Institutions
Chapter 4 Local Challenges
Chapter 5 Imperial Interventions
Chapter 6 Uprising
Chapter 7 Backlash
Chapter 8 Emancipation
Chapter 9 Epilogue