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Archibald Monteath: Igbo, Jamaican, Moravian
Maureen Warner-Lewis
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Description for Archibald Monteath: Igbo, Jamaican, Moravian
Paperback. Reconstructs a biography of enslaved Archibald Monteath, an Igbo, who was brought to Jamaica around 1802, became active in the Moravian Church and later purchased his freedom. This book explores the sociology of slavery from 1750 to the 1860s through Monteath's biography. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KJ; HBJK; HBTS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 251 x 178 x 28. Weight in Grams: 735.
This reconstruction of one of the rare Caribbean slave narratives is an amplification, interrogation, and modification of its original texts by cross-reference with official documents, contemporary diaryentries and reports, present-day oral sources, and secondary analyses of plantation society. Accessing a variety of primary records, Maureen Warner-Lewis meticulously reconstructs a biography of enslaved Archibald Monteath, an Igbo, who was brought to Jamaica around 1802, became active in the Moravian Church and later purchased his freedom. Through Monteath's biography she explores the sociology of slavery from 1750 to the 1860s. Fieldwork conducted in Africa brings an important dimension to the work, and ... Read more
This reconstruction of one of the rare Caribbean slave narratives is an amplification, interrogation, and modification of its original texts by cross-reference with official documents, contemporary diaryentries and reports, present-day oral sources, and secondary analyses of plantation society. Accessing a variety of primary records, Maureen Warner-Lewis meticulously reconstructs a biography of enslaved Archibald Monteath, an Igbo, who was brought to Jamaica around 1802, became active in the Moravian Church and later purchased his freedom. Through Monteath's biography she explores the sociology of slavery from 1750 to the 1860s. Fieldwork conducted in Africa brings an important dimension to the work, and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of the West Indies Press
Condition
New
Place of Publication
Kingston, Jamaica
ISBN
9789766401979
SKU
V9789766401979
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About Maureen Warner-Lewis
Maureen Warner-Lewis is Professor of African-Caribbean Language and Orature, Department of Literatures in English, University of the West Indies, Jamaica, and the author of over twenty articles and books.
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