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Jews, slaves, and the slave trade : setting the record straight /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Faber, Eli, 1943-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : New York University Press, [1998]
Series:Reappraisals in Jewish social and intellectual history.
Subjects:
Jews > Caribbean Area > History.
Jewish slave traders > Caribbean Area > History.
Slavery > Caribbean Area > History.
Caribbean Area > Ethnic relations.
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Tables
  • Abbreviations
  • Note on spelling and dating
  • Introduction
  • England's Jewish merchants and the slave trade
  • Jews and slaves in seventeenth-century Barbados and Jamaica
  • Jews and slavery in Jamaica, 1700-1780
  • Jews and slavery in Barbados and Nevis, 1700-1780
  • Jews and slaves on the threshold of abolition: Jamaica and Barbados, 1780-1820
  • Jewish merchants and slavery in the mainland colonies
  • Conclusion
  • Appendixes
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.