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Jews, slaves, and the slave trade : setting the record straight /

In the wake of the civil rights movement, a great divide has opened up between African American and Jewish communities. What was historically a harmonious and supportive relationship has suffered from a powerful and oft-repeated legend, that Jews controlled and masterminded the slave trade and owned...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Faber, Eli, 1943-2020
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New York University Press, ©1998.
Colección:Reappraisals in Jewish Social & Intellectual History.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Tables
  • Abbreviations
  • Note on spelling and dating
  • Introduction
  • England's Jewish merchants and the slave trade
  • Jews and slaves in seventeenth-century Barbados and Jamaica
  • Jews and slavery in Jamaica, 1700-1780
  • Jews and slavery in Barbados and Nevis, 1700-1780
  • Jews and slaves on the threshold of abolition: Jamaica and Barbados, 1780-1820
  • Jewish merchants and slavery in the mainland colonies
  • Conclusion
  • Appendixes
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.