The political languages of emancipation in the British Caribbean and the U.S. South / Demetrius L. Eudell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Eudell, Demetrius Lynn.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Enslaved persons--Emancipation--West Indies, British.

Enslaved persons.

Enslaved persons--Emancipation--Southern States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (248 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

An examination of the emancipation process in the British Caribbean, particularly Jamaica, during the 1830's, and in the USA, particularly South Carolina, during the 1860's. It explores how former slaves, former slaveholders, and their governments understood and discussed slavery and emancipation.

Contents:

Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Song That Antislavery Sung; 2. A Steady and Certain Command of Labor; 3. This Work of Civilization; 4. The Vexed Question of Original Unity; 5. Delusions of a False Canaan; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-225) and index.

ISBN:

9798890871923

9780807860120

0807860123

OCLC:

476236603