Children of uncertain fortune : mixed-race Jamaicans in Britain and the Atlantic family, 1733-1833 /
By tracing the largely forgotten eighteenth-century migration of elite mixed-race individuals from Jamaica to Great Britain, "Children of Uncertain Fortune" reinterprets the evolution of British racial ideologies as a matter of negotiating family membership. Using wills, legal petitions, f...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Williamsburg, Virginia : Chapel Hill :
Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture ; University of North Carolina Press,
[2018]
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| Summary: | By tracing the largely forgotten eighteenth-century migration of elite mixed-race individuals from Jamaica to Great Britain, "Children of Uncertain Fortune" reinterprets the evolution of British racial ideologies as a matter of negotiating family membership. Using wills, legal petitions, family correspondences, and inheritance lawsuits, Daniel Livesay follows the hundreds of children born to white planters and Caribbean women of color who crossed the ocean for educational opportunities, professional apprenticeships, marriage prospects, or refuge from colonial prejudices. |
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| Physical Description: | xvii, 411 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781469634432 1469634430 |