The Politics of Labour in the British Caribbean
Title | The Politics of Labour in the British Caribbean PDF eBook |
Author | O. Nigel Bolland |
Publisher | James Currey |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Caribbean, English-speaking |
ISBN | 9781558762787 |
Reproducing the British Caribbean
Title | Reproducing the British Caribbean PDF eBook |
Author | Juanita De Barros |
Publisher | UNC Press Books |
Pages | 296 |
Release | 2014 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 146961605X |
Reproducing the British Caribbean: Sex, Gender, and Population Politics after Slavery
The Political Languages of Emancipation in the British Caribbean and the U.S. South
Title | The Political Languages of Emancipation in the British Caribbean and the U.S. South PDF eBook |
Author | Demetrius L. Eudell |
Publisher | Univ of North Carolina Press |
Pages | 252 |
Release | 2003-04-03 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0807860123 |
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 the Freedmen's Bureau in South Carolina) were crucial in implementing these policies. While many former slaves were fighting for the right to be paid for their labor and to own land, many officials came to view their role as part of a new civilizing mission whose goal was to eradicate the psychic damage supposedly caused by slavery. Eudell concludes by examining the 1865 Morant Bay rebellion in Jamaica and the retreat from Reconstruction in South Carolina, part of the larger movement of Redemption that occurred in 1877. Both of these occurrences represented the incomplete victory of emancipation, Eudell argues, and should provoke scholarly questions regarding the persistent thesis of U.S. exceptionalism.
Freedom's Children
Title | Freedom's Children PDF eBook |
Author | Colin A. Palmer |
Publisher | UNC Press Books |
Pages | 433 |
Release | 2014 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 1469611694 |
Freedom's Children: The 1938 Labor Rebellion and the Birth of Modern Jamaica
The Cambridge World History of Slavery: Volume 3, AD 1420-AD 1804
Title | The Cambridge World History of Slavery: Volume 3, AD 1420-AD 1804 PDF eBook |
Author | David Eltis |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 777 |
Release | 2011-07-25 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0521840686 |
The various manifestations of coerced labour between the opening up of the Atlantic world and the formal creation of Haiti.
The Problem of Freedom
Title | The Problem of Freedom PDF eBook |
Author | Thomas C. Holt |
Publisher | JHU Press |
Pages | 556 |
Release | 1992 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780801842917 |
"Holt greatly extends and deepens our understanding of the emancipation experience when, for just over a century, the people of Jamaica struggled to achieve their own vision of freedom and autonomy against powerful conservative forces."-David Barry Gaspar.
Black British Migrants in Cuba
Title | Black British Migrants in Cuba PDF eBook |
Author | Jorge L. Giovannetti |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 325 |
Release | 2018-10-25 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1108423469 |
Provides a valuable transnational history of the African Diaspora through examination of British Afro-Caribbeans in Cuba.