From Slavery to Emancipation in the Atlantic World

Informationen zum Autor SYLVIA R. FREY Tulane University, BETTY WOOD University of Cambridge Klappentext This collection examines the effects of slavery and emancipation on race, class and gender in societies of the American South, the Caribbean, Latin America and West Africa. The contributors discuss what slavery has to teach us about patterns of adjustment and change, black identity and the extent to which enslaved peoples succeeded in creating a dynamic world of interaction between the Americas. They examine how emancipation was defined, how it affected attitudes towards slavery, patterns of labour usage and relationships between workers as well as between workers and their former owners. Zusammenfassung This collection examines the effects of slavery and emancipation on race, class and gender in societies of the American South, the Caribbean, Latin America and West Africa. Inhaltsverzeichnis Journal of African Historical Studies"excellent contributions to slavery and emancipation studies. They provide new information and suggest new thematic approaches and conceptual perspective.

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• Authors: Sylvia R. Wood Frey, FREY SYLVIA R WOOD BETTY
• Assisted by: Sylvia R Frey (Editor), Sylvia R. Frey (Editor), Betty Wood (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.1999
• EAN: 9780714680255
• ISBN: 978-0-7146-8025-5
• No. of pages: 184
• Series: Studies in Slave and Post-Slav; Routledge Studies in Slave and Post-Slave Societies and Cultures
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous