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Slavery, Childhood, and Abolition in Jamaica, 1788-1838 (Early American Places): 9
Colleen A. Vasconcellos
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hardcover. Series: Early American Places. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJ; HBTS; JFSP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 376.
This study examines childhood and slavery in Jamaica from the onset of improved conditions for the island’s slaves to the end of all forced or coerced labour throughout the British Caribbean. As Colleen A. Vasconcellos discusses the nature of child development in the plantation complex, she looks at how both colonial Jamaican society and the slave community conceived childhood—and how those ideas changed as the abolitionist movement gained power, the fortunes of planters rose and fell, and the nature of work on Jamaica’s estates evolved from slavery to apprenticeship to free labour. Vasconcellos explores the experiences of enslaved children through ... Read more
This study examines childhood and slavery in Jamaica from the onset of improved conditions for the island’s slaves to the end of all forced or coerced labour throughout the British Caribbean. As Colleen A. Vasconcellos discusses the nature of child development in the plantation complex, she looks at how both colonial Jamaican society and the slave community conceived childhood—and how those ideas changed as the abolitionist movement gained power, the fortunes of planters rose and fell, and the nature of work on Jamaica’s estates evolved from slavery to apprenticeship to free labour. Vasconcellos explores the experiences of enslaved children through ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Georgia Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
Series
Early American Places
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
Georgia, United States
ISBN
9780820348025
SKU
V9780820348025
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About Colleen A. Vasconcellos
Colleen A. Vasconcellos is an associate professor of history at the University of West Georgia, USA. She is co-editor, with Jennifer Hillman Helgren, of Girlhood: A Global History.
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