Mastery, Tyranny, and Desire Thomas Thistlewood and His Slaves in the Anglo-Jamaican World |
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| Author:
| Burnard, Trevor |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8078-5525-6 |
| Publication Date: | May 2004 |
| Publisher: | University of North Carolina Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $93.00AUD $57.00 |
Book Description:
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Eighteenth-century Jamaica, Britain's largest and most valuable slave-owning colony, relied on a brutal system of slave management to maintain its social order. Trevor Burnard provides unparalleled insight into Jamaica's vibrant but harsh African and European cultures with a comprehensive examination of the diary of plantation owner Thistlewood.
Eighteenth-century Jamaica, Britain's largest and most valuable slave-owning colony, relied on a brutal system of slave management to maintain its social order. Trevor Burnard provides unparalleled insight into Jamaica's vibrant but harsh African and European cultures with a comprehensive examination of the diary of plantation owner Thistlewood.