Agency of the enslaved : Jamaica and the culture of freedom in the Atlantic world /

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In Agency of the Enslaved: Jamaica and the Culture of Freedom in the Atlantic World, D.A. Dunkley challenges the notion that enslavement fostered the culture of freedom in the former colonies of Western Europe in the Americas. Dunkley explores the importance of the agency displayed by enslaved peopl...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dunkley, Daive A., 1973-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham : Lexington Books, ©2013.
Temas:
Slavery > Jamaica > History.
Enslaved persons > Jamaica > Social conditions.
Liberty.
Freedom
Esclaves > Jamaïque > Conditions sociales.
Liberté.
freedom.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Slavery.
Slavery.
Enslaved persons > Social conditions.
Jamaica.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:In Agency of the Enslaved: Jamaica and the Culture of Freedom in the Atlantic World, D.A. Dunkley challenges the notion that enslavement fostered the culture of freedom in the former colonies of Western Europe in the Americas. Dunkley explores the importance of the agency displayed by enslaved people and argues that this formed the real basis of the culture of freedom in the Atlantic societies. These struggles were not for freedom, but for the acknowledgment of the freedom that enslaved people knew was already theirs. This view inspired their attempts to undermine the slave system that the Bri.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiii, 223 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780739168042
0739168045
1283889692
9781283889698

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