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A narrative of events since the first of August, 1834 / by James Williams ; edited and with an introduction by Diana Paton.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Williams, James, 1818-
- Series:
- e-Duke books scholarly collection.
- Latin America otherwise.
- Latin America otherwise
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Enslaved persons--Jamaica--Social conditions--19th century.
- Enslaved persons.
- Apprenticeship programs--Government policy--Jamaica.
- Apprenticeship programs.
- Jamaica--History--19th century.
- Jamaica.
- Jamaica--Race relations.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (207 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Durham : Duke University Press, 2001.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Scholarly edition of a slave narrative that tells of life as an "apprentice" under the British gradual emancipation plan.
- Contents:
- A narrative of events, since the first of august, 1834, by James Williams, an apprenticed labourer in Jamaica
- A report of evidence taken at Brown's-Town and St. Ann's Bay in the parish of St. Ann's, under a commission from his excellency Sir Lionel Smith, Governonr - Jamaica
- Additional documents.
- Notes:
- "A John Hope Franklin Center book."
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [131]-137) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786612920042
- 9781282920040
- 1282920049
- 9780822383208
- 0822383209
- OCLC:
- 841913267
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