Author

Publication

1976 - Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, England

Language

English

Word Count

81,750 words, Guess

Page Count

327 pages

Identifiers

and 1 more
  • LibraryThing2798728

Classifications

  • DDC301.44/93
  • LCCHT1096 .H53

Description

"First published in 1976 (see HLAS 40:2983), work is a masterful analysis of the dynamics of slave labor in the economic growth of early-19th-century Jamaica. Discusses various characteristics of slave and free-colored population including mortality, birth rates, manumission, distribution, and structure, as well as jobs performed on island as a whole. Contains excellent statistical tables and new introduction by author"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

Subjects

Topics

SlaveryHistoryJamaica, economic conditionsSlavery -- Jamaica -- History.

Places

Other Editions

  • Slave population and economy in Jamaica, 1807-1834Cambridge University Press1976-01-01

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