Dibia's World: Life on an Early Sugar Plantation |
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| Author:
| Jennings, William |
| Series title: | Liverpool Studies in International Slavery LUP Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-80207-775-9 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2023 |
| Publisher: | Liverpool University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $150.00 |
Book Description:
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Drawing on an unpublished planter's manuscript, this work discusses the origins, names, relationships, families, skills and health of a hundred slaves on an early sugar plantation. It shows how they founded an African-American community in a colonial outpost of the Caribbean and how they resisted slavery.
Drawing on an unpublished planter's manuscript, this work discusses the origins, names, relationships, families, skills and health of a hundred slaves on an early sugar plantation. It shows how they founded an African-American community in a colonial outpost of the Caribbean and how they resisted slavery.