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A tale of two plantations : slave life and labor in Jamaica and Virginia /

"This book reconstructs the individual lives and collective experiences of some 2,000 slaves on two plantations--Mesopotamia sugar estate in western Jamaica and Mount Airy Plantation in tidewater Virginia--during the final three generations of slavery in Jamaica and the USA. It also compares Me...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dunn, Richard S. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2014.
Subjects:
Mesopotamia (Jamaica : Plantation)
Mount Airy (Va. : Plantation)
Plantation life > Jamaica > History.
Plantation life > Virginia > History.
Slaves > Jamaica > Social conditions.
Slaves > Virginia > Social conditions.
Slaves > Health and hygiene > Jamaica.
Slaves > Health and hygiene > Virginia.

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Call Number: HT1099.M48 D86 2014
 
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