Plantation Slavery, Jamaica and Absentee Ownership : The Burtons of Norfolk, 1788-1846 / Richard C. Maguire.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Maguire, Richard, 1966- author.

Contributor:

Walter de Gruyter & Co.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Slavery--Great Britain--History.

Slavery.

Slavery--Jamaica--History.

Sugar plantations--Jamaica--History.

Sugar plantations.

Burton family.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (208 p.)

Place of Publication:

Woodbridge : The Boydell Press, 2024.

Contents:

Front cover

Dedication

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgements

Note to the reader

Introduction

1. The Burton Family and the Chiswick Estate, 1700-1788

2. Absentee Ownership in the Late Eighteenth Century, 1788-1797

3. A Burton in Jamaica, 1798-1801

4. A New Generation and Abolition, 1802-1815

5. Amelioration and Decline, 1816-1822

6. A New Plan, 1823-1828

7. Worker Unrest and Financial Crisis, 1829-1834

8. The Challenges of Apprenticeship, 1834-1838

9. Freedom and the Collapse of Chiswick, 1838-1846

Postscript

Bibliography

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Index

Electronic reproduction. Berlin Available via World Wide Web.

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Other Format:

Print version: Maguire, Richard C. Plantation Slavery, Jamaica and Absentee Ownership

ISBN:

9781805434078

1805434071

9781805434061

1805434063

Publisher Number:

40032475595

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