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Social Death and Resurrection: Slavery and Emancipation in South Africa (Reconsiderations in Southern African History)
John Edwin Mason
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Paperback. What was it like to be a slave in colonial South Africa? What difference did freedom make? John Edwin Mason presents complex answers after delving into the slaves' experience within the slaveholding patriarchal household, primarily during the period from 1820 to 1850. Series: Reconsiderations in Southern African History. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JH; HBJH; HBLL; HBTB; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 502.
What was it like to be a slave in colonial South Africa? What difference did freedom make? The questions themselves are simply put, but John Edwin Mason has found complex answers after delving deeply into the slaves' experience within the slaveholding patriarchal household, the work that slaves performed, the families they created, and the religions they practiced. Grounding his analysis within the context of South Africa's incorporation into the British Empire - primarily examining the period of 1820-50 - Mason investigates a wealth of documentation from the British Colony of the Cape of Good Hope. Colonial officials, particularly the slave ... Read more
What was it like to be a slave in colonial South Africa? What difference did freedom make? The questions themselves are simply put, but John Edwin Mason has found complex answers after delving deeply into the slaves' experience within the slaveholding patriarchal household, the work that slaves performed, the families they created, and the religions they practiced. Grounding his analysis within the context of South Africa's incorporation into the British Empire - primarily examining the period of 1820-50 - Mason investigates a wealth of documentation from the British Colony of the Cape of Good Hope. Colonial officials, particularly the slave ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
Series
Reconsiderations in Southern African History
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Charlottesville, United States
ISBN
9780813921792
SKU
V9780813921792
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Reviews for Social Death and Resurrection: Slavery and Emancipation in South Africa (Reconsiderations in Southern African History)
Social Death and Resurrection is the authoritative study of the last phase of Cape slavery, when it was undergoing profound transformation under the influence of Britain's 'ameliotation' policy. Mason ranks among the very best writers of the rising generation of South Africa historians. - Richard Elphick, Wesleyan University, coauthor of The Shaping of South African Society, 1652-1840