From Slavery to Emancipation in the Atlantic World / Edition 1

by Sylvia R. Frey, Betty Wood

Overview

This collection examines the effects of slavery and emancipation on race, class and gender in societies of the American South, the Caribbean, Latin America and West Africa. The contributors discuss what'slavery has to teach us about patterns of adjustment and change, black identity and the extent to which enslaved peoples succeeded in creating a dynamic world of interaction between the Americas. They examine how emancipation was defined, how it affected attitudes towards slavery, patterns of labour usage and relationships between workers as well as between workers and their former owners.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780714649641
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	05/31/1999
Series:	Routledge Studies in Slave and Post-Slave Societies and Cultures
Pages:	188
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

SYLVIA R. FREY Tulane University, BETTY WOOD University of Cambridge

Table of Contents

Journal of African Historical Studies

"excellent contributions to slavery and emancipation studies. They provide new information and suggest new thematic approaches and conceptual perspective.

Editorial Reviews

Examines the effects of slavery and emancipation on race, class, and gender in societies of the American South, the Caribbean, Latin America, and West Africa, looking at moral as well as political dimensions. Discusses what slavery has to teach us about patterns of adjustment and change, black identity, and the extent to which enslaved peoples succeeded in creating a dynamic world of interaction within the Americas. This group of studies first appeared as a special issue of , vol. 20, no. 1, April 1999. Distributed by ISBS. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknew.com)

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