| Description |
1 online resource (x, 238 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-225) and index. |
| Contents |
Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Song That Antislavery Sung; 2. A Steady and Certain Command of Labor; 3. This Work of Civilization; 4. The Vexed Question of Original Unity; 5. Delusions of a False Canaan; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Enslaved persons -- Emancipation -- West Indies, British.
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Enslaved persons -- Emancipation. |
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Enslaved persons -- Emancipation -- Southern States.
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Southern States. |
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Enslaved persons -- Emancipation -- British colonies. |
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Enslaved persons -- Emancipation -- French colonies. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Eudell, Demetrius Lynn. Political languages of emancipation in the British Caribbean and the U.S. South. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2002 0807826804 (DLC) 2001053067 (OCoLC)48056283 |
| ISBN |
0807860123 (electronic book) |
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9780807860120 (electronic book) |
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0807826804 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9780807826805 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0807853453 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9780807853450 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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