| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 151 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Early American places
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Early American places.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
"To so dark a destiny my lovely babe I've borne" : slavery and childhood in Jamaica -- "The child whom many fathers share, hath seldom known a father's care" : miscegenation and childhood in Jamaican slave society -- "Train up a child in the way he should go" : childhood and education in the Jamaican slave community -- "That iniquitous law" : the apprenticeship and emancipation of Jamaica's enslaved children. |
| Summary |
"This project examines childhood and slavery in Jamaica from 1750, when abolitionist sentiment began to take hold in England, to 1838, when slavery finally ended on the island. By focusing specifically on the changing nature of slave childhood in Jamaica, Vasconcellos examines how childhood and slavery influenced and changed each other throughout this period of study, with the abolitionist movement standing as the main catalyst for change. With each chapter focusing on a different aspect of the slave experience, this monograph explores a childhood that was defined by planter opinion and manipulation, but one that was increasingly affected by the complex processes of slavery, abolition, and eventually emancipation. In doing so, this study reveals a great deal about slave family and childhood from the inside, shining new light on the experiences of slave children and slave families in Jamaica"--Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Plantation life -- Jamaica -- History.
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Plantation life. |
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Jamaica. |
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History. |
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Slavery -- Jamaica -- History.
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Slavery. |
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Families, Black -- Jamaica -- History.
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Families, Black. |
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Children, Black -- Jamaica -- History.
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Children, Black. |
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Enslaved children -- Jamaica -- Social conditions.
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Enslaved children. |
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Social conditions. |
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Enslaved children -- Jamaica -- History -- 19th century.
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| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Subject |
Enslaved children -- Jamaica -- History -- 18th century.
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| Chronological Term |
18th century |
| Subject |
Jamaica -- Race relations.
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Race relations. |
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Antislavery movements -- Great Britain -- History.
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Antislavery movements. |
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Great Britain. |
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Antislavery movements -- Jamaica -- History.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Vasconcellos, Colleen A., 1973- Slavery, childhood, and abolition in Jamaica, 1788-1838. Athens : The University of Georgia Press, 2015 (DLC) 2014029501 |
| ISBN |
9780820348032 (electronic book) |
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0820348031 (electronic book) |
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9780820348032 |
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0820348031 |
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9780820348025 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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0820348023 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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