Jamaica in the Age of Revolution /

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"A renowned historian offers novel perspectives on slavery and abolition in eighteenth-century Jamaica Between the start of the Seven Years' War in 1756 and the onset of the French Revolution in 1789, Jamaica was the richest and most important colony in British America. White Jamaican slav...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Burnard, Trevor G. (Trevor Graeme) (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2020.
Subjects:
1700-1799
Plantations > Jamaica > History > 18th century.
Slavery > Jamaica > History > 18th century.
Revolutions > History > 18th century.
Plantations > Jamaïque > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Révolutions > Histoire > 18e siècle.
HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)
Economic history
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Plantations
Revolutions
Slavery
Social conditions
Jamaica > History > 18th century.
Jamaica > Social conditions > 18th century.
Jamaica > Economic conditions > 18th century.
United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Influence.
Jamaïque > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Jamaïque > Conditions sociales > 18e siècle.
Jamaïque > Conditions économiques > 18e siècle.
Jamaica
United States
African Studies.
African-American Studies.
American History.
American Studies.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. Planter Politics and the Fear of Slave Revolt
  • Chapter 2. Edward Long's Vision of Jamaica and the Virtues of a Planned Society
  • Chapter 3. A Brutal System: Managing Enslaved People in Jamaica
  • Chapter 4. Tacky's Revolt and Its Legacies
  • Chapter 5. The Ambiguous Place of Free People in Jamaica
  • Chapter 6. The Somerset Decision and the Birth of Proslavery Arguments in the British West Indies
  • Chapter 7. The Zong, Jamaican Commerce, and the American Revolution
  • Chapter 8. Loyalism and Rebellion in Plantation Societies
  • Chapter 9. Slavery and Industrialization: The "New History of Capitalism" and Williams Redux
  • Epilogue: Jamaica and the State in the Age of the American Revolution, 1760-88.

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