Slave population and economy in Jamaica, 1807-1834 / B.W. Higman ; with a new introduction.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Higman, B. W., 1943-

Contributor:

American Council of Learned Societies.

Series:

ACLS Humanities E-Book.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Slavery--Jamaica--History.

Slavery.

Slavery--History--Jamaica.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 327 p. ) ill. ;

Place of Publication:

Kingston, Jamaica : The Press, University of the West Indies, 1995.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"First published in 1976 (see HLAS 40:2983), work is a masterful analysis of the dynamics of slave labor in the economic growth of early-19th-century Jamaica. Discusses various characteristics of slave and free-colored population including mortality, birth rates, manumission, distribution, and structure, as well as jobs performed on island as a whole. Contains excellent statistical tables and new introduction by author"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliography (p. 311-323) and index.

ISBN:

9789766400088

9766400083

Publisher Number:

2027/heb00725 hdl