Jamaica Ladies: Female Slaveholders and the Creation of Britain's Atlantic Empire
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Jamaica Ladies is the first systematic study of the free and freed women of European, Euro-African, and African descent who perpetuated chattel slavery and reaped its profits in the British Empire. Their actions helped transform Jamaica into the wealthiest slaveholding colony in the Anglo-Atlantic world. Starting in the 1670s, a surprisingly large and diverse group of women helped secure English control of Jamaica and, crucially, aided its...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1469658798
ISBN13:9781469658797
Release Date:June 2020
Publisher:Omohundro Institute and Unc Press
Length:336 Pages
Weight:1.15 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"
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