Haiti and the Haitian Diaspora in the Wider Caribbean : The Making of an Atlantic Slave Society, 1775-1807 /

"Rich with historical sketches of the life and experiences of slaves in Africa, on slave ships, and in Jamaica, this volume illustrates the way enslaved Africans lived and helped to shape Jamaican society in the three decades before British abolition of the slave trade. Audra Diptee's in-d...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Diptee, Audra
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 2010.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Slavery.
Slave trade.
Black people.
HISTORY > Africa > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Slavery.
Esclaves > Commerce > Jamaïque > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Black people > Jamaica > History > 18th century.
Slave trade > Jamaica > History > 18th century.
Slavery > Jamaica > History.
Jamaica.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The Atlantic crucible
  • "Provided they arrive in health"
  • "We took man, woman, and child"
  • The Atlantic crossing
  • African expectations, Jamaican realities.

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