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Unprofitable servants : crown slaves in Berbice, Guyana, 1803-1831 / Alvin O. Thompson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Thompson, Alvin O., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Enslaved persons--Guyana--Berbice.
- Enslaved persons.
- Guyana--History--1803-1966.
- Guyana.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (351 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Barbados : The University of the West Indies Press, 2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A study of governmental slaves in Berbice from 1803 to 1831. The author illustrates that the imperial government arrived at the general abolition of slavery throughout its colonies in a rather ad hoc and piecemeal fashion. He also raises questions about the government's commitment to abolition.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Tables
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Berbice Slave Society
- The Governors' Administration, 1803-1811
- Abolitionists Managing Slaves, 1811-1816
- Work and Industry, 1816-1825
- Material Culture, 1816-1825
- Social Culture, 1816-1825
- Oppression and Resistance, 1816-1825
- The Road to Freedom, 1825-1831
- Reflections
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed February 19, 2016).
- OCLC:
- 646844118
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