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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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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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