Jamaica in 1850: or, the effects of sixteen years of freedom on a slave colony
Auteur :
Bigelow, John
Éditeur :
University of Illinois Press
ISBN :
9780252073274
Date de publication :
25 avr. 2006
Dimensions :
21,6 x 14,0 x 2,3 cm
Poids :
367 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Demonstrates that Jamaica's troubles were caused not by lazy blacks but by the incompetence of absentee white planters operating within an obsolete colonial system. This book also shows that although large plantations languished, many former slaves worked tirelessly and became successful small-scale landowners.