Emancipation in the West Indies - A Six Months Tour in Antigua, Barbados, Jamaica, in Year 1837

Klappentext A key American text on the abolition of slavery, describing in detail how emancipation had worked in the West Indies. Zusammenfassung Published in 1838! Emancipation in the West Indies was intended to show that abolition in the British West Indies had not resulted in major social and economic upheavals! as predicted by American supporters of slavery. The book was very influential! and remains a valuable source of information for social historians. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; Antigua; Barbadoes; Jamaica; Appendix; Index.

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• Authors: J. Horace Kimball, James A. Thome, James A. Kimball Thome
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.09.2010
• EAN: 9781108016704
• ISBN: 978-1-108-01670-4
• No. of pages: 498
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Slavery and Abolition
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; HISTORY / Caribbean & West Indies / General, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, History of the Americas, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, West Indies