Enterprising women : gender, race, and power in the revolutionary Atlantic /

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In the Caribbean colony of Grenada in 1797, Dorothy Thomas signed the manumission documents for her elderly slave Betty. Thomas owned dozens of slaves and was well on her way to amassing the fortune that would make her the richest black resident in the nearby colony of Demerara. What made the transa...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Candlin, Kit (Author), Pybus, Cassandra (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Athens, Georgia : University of Georgia Press, [2015]
Series:Race in the Atlantic world, 1700-1900.
Subjects:
1700-1899
Racially mixed women > Caribbean Area > History > 19th century.
Women, Black > Caribbean Area > History > 19th century.
Businesswomen > Caribbean Area > History > 19th century.
Social stratification > Caribbean Area > History > 18th century.
Métisses > Caraïbes (Région) > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Femmes noires > Caraïbes (Région) > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Stratification sociale > Caraïbes (Région) > Histoire > 18e siècle.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
HISTORY > Caribbean & West Indies > General.
Businesswomen
Racially mixed women
Social stratification
Women, Black
Caribbean Area
History
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