The Children of Africa in the Colonies: Free People of Color in Barbados in the Age of Emancipation
(Part of the Antislavery, Abolition, and the Atlantic World Series and Antislavery, Abolition, and the Atlantic World Series)
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How emancipation transformed social and political relations in Barbados When a small group of free men of color gathered in 1838 to celebrate the end of apprenticeship in Barbados, they spoke of emancipation as the moment of freedom for all colored people, not just the former slaves. The fact that many of these men had owned slaves themselves gives a hollow ring to their lofty pronouncements. Yet in The Children of Africa in the Colonies, Melanie...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0807133264
ISBN13:9780807133262
Release Date:June 2008
Publisher:LSU Press
Length:336 Pages
Weight:1.40 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 6.1" x 9.3"
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