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Author Diptee, Audra.

Title From Africa to Jamaica : the making of an Atlantic slave society, 1775-1807 / Audra A. Diptee.

Publication Info. Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2010]
©2010

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 187 pages) : illustrations, maps
text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction -- The Atlantic crucible -- "Provided they arrive in health" -- "We took man, woman, and child" -- The Atlantic crossing -- African expectations, Jamaican realities.
Summary "Rich with historical sketches of the life and experiences of slaves in Africa, on slave ships, and in Jamaica, this volume illustrates the way enslaved Africans lived and helped to shape Jamaican society in the three decades before British abolition of the slave trade. Audra Diptee's in-depth investigations reveal unexpected insights into the demographics of those captured in Africa and legally transported on British slave ships. For example, there is a commonly held belief that slave traders had a preference for adult males. In fact, the practicalities of slave raiding meant that women, children, and large groups of the elderly were particularly vulnerable during raids and were more often captured and made available for sale in the Caribbean. From Africa to Jamaica offers a new look at the Atlantic slave trade in its final years, fleshing out the historical portrait of the African men, women, and children who were sold in Jamaica and were thus among the last of the enslaved to put their stamp on Jamaican society. There is no comparable study that takes such a comprehensive approach, looking at both the African and Jamaican sides of the trade system"--Provided by publisher.
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Subject Slavery -- Jamaica -- History.
Slavery.
Jamaica.
History.
Slave trade -- Jamaica -- History -- 18th century.
Slave trade.
Chronological Term 18th century
Subject Black people -- Jamaica -- History -- 18th century.
Black people.
Chronological Term 1700 - 1799
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books -- History.
History.
Electronic books -- History.
Other Form: Print version: Diptee, Audra. From Africa to Jamaica. Gainesville : University Press of Florida, ©2010 9780813034829 (DLC) 2010004892 (OCoLC)437299329
ISBN 9780813042992 (electronic book)
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