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The Political Languages of Emancipation in the British Caribbean and the U.S.South
Demetrius L. Eudell
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Paperback. An examination of the emancipation process in the British Caribbean, particularly Jamaica, during the 1830s, and in the USA, particularly South Carolina, during the 1860s. It explores how former slaves, former slaveholders, and their governments understood and discussed slavery and emancipation. Num Pages: 248 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KJ; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 345.
This comparative study examines the emancipation process in the British Caribbean, particularly Jamaica, during the 1830s and in the United States, particularly South Carolina, during the 1860s. Analyzing the intellectual and ideological foundations of postslavery Anglo-America, Demetrius Eudell explores how former slaves, former slaveholders, and their societies' central governments understood and discussed slavery, emancipation, and the transition between the two. Eudell investigates the public policies - which addressed issues of labor control, access to land, and the general social behaviors of former slaves - used to execute emancipation. In both regions, government-appointed officials (special magistrates in Jamaica and agents of ... Read more
This comparative study examines the emancipation process in the British Caribbean, particularly Jamaica, during the 1830s and in the United States, particularly South Carolina, during the 1860s. Analyzing the intellectual and ideological foundations of postslavery Anglo-America, Demetrius Eudell explores how former slaves, former slaveholders, and their societies' central governments understood and discussed slavery, emancipation, and the transition between the two. Eudell investigates the public policies - which addressed issues of labor control, access to land, and the general social behaviors of former slaves - used to execute emancipation. In both regions, government-appointed officials (special magistrates in Jamaica and agents of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Chapel Hill, United States
ISBN
9780807853450
SKU
V9780807853450
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About Demetrius L. Eudell
DEMETRIUS L. EUDELL is assistant professor of U.S. history and African American studies at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut.
Reviews for The Political Languages of Emancipation in the British Caribbean and the U.S.South
"An important, provocative, refreshingly original and frequently brilliant analysis of the meanings of freedom in two classic former slave societies." - Colin A. Palmer, Princeton University