Ordinary People, Extraordinary Times : Living the British Empire in Jamaica 1756 / Sheryllynne Haggerty.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Haggerty, Sheryllynne, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

British--Jamaica--Correspondence.

British.

Jamaica--Colonization.

Jamaica.

Jamaica--History--To 1962.

Jamaica--Social life and customs--18th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (365 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Montreal, Quebec : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2023]

Summary:

A collection of around 350 letters bound for London from Jamaica reveals much about colonial life in 1756. Ordinary People, Extraordinary Times paints a picture of the daily life of poor and middling whites, free people of colour, and enslaved people against the backdrop of transatlantic slavery in Jamaica and the eighteenth-century British Empire.

Contents:

Cover

ORDINARY PEOPLE, EXTRAORDINARY TIMES

Title

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Tables and Figures

Prologue

Acknowledgements

Notes on Conventions within This Text

Abbreviations

1 Ordinary People, Extraordinary Times

2 Jamaica in 1756

3 Making Money

4 War and Politics

5 Love, Family, and Friendship

6 Death, Disease, and Decay

7 Cotton, Candles, and Carriages

8 Tales of the Enslaved People

9 Ordinary People, Ordinary Lives

A Memorial to the Enslaved and Freed People of 1756

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Haggerty, Sheryllynne Ordinary People, Extraordinary Times

ISBN:

0-2280-1852-8

OCLC:

1379798381