Sarah Gray Cary from Boston to Grenada : Shifting Fortunes of an American Family, 1764-1826 /

"Susan Imbarrato tells the story of the Cary family of Chelsea, Massachusetts, who prospered as plantation owners and managers for nearly two decades in Grenada before their fortunes were substantially reversed following the slave revolts of 1795-1796 that upended the sugar trade and marked a s...

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Main Author: Imbarrato, Susan Clair (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Cary, Sarah Gray, > 1753-1825.
Women.
Plantations.
Plantation owners' spouses.
Families > Economic aspects.
Families.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Femmes > États-Unis > Histoire.
Plantations > Histoire.
Familles > Aspect economique > Histoire.
Familles > Grenade > Histoire.
Familles > Massachusetts > Chelsea > Histoire.
Proprietaires de plantations > Conjoints > Massachusetts > Histoire.
Women > United States > History.
Plantations > History.
Families > Economic aspects > History.
Families > Grenada > History.
Families > Massachusetts > Chelsea > History.
Plantation owners' spouses > Massachusetts > History.
United States.
Massachusetts > Chelsea.
Massachusetts.
Grenada.
Chelsea (Mass.)
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Seeking fortune : Samuel Cary in St. Kitts and Grenada, 1764-1773
  • Building prosperity : Samuel and Sarah Cary Family in Grenada, 1774-1791
  • Relocating and adjusting : a family separated, Chelsea and St. George's, 1791- 1794
  • Slave revolts and shifting fortunes, Grenada, 1795-1797
  • Recovery and renewal, Grenada and Chelsea, 1797-1810
  • Sustaining a family, 1810-1826.

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