Slavery, Childhood, and Abolition in Jamaica, 1788-1838.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (174 pages)
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Cover -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 "To so dark a destiny My lovely babe I've borne": Slavery and Childhood in Jamaica in the Age of Abolition -- 2 "The child whom many fathers share, Hath seldom known a father's care": Miscegenation and Childhood in Jamaican Slave Society -- 3 "Train up a child in the way he should go": Childhood and Education in the Jamaican Slave Community -- 4 "That iniquitous law": The Apprenticeship and Emancipation of Jamaica's Enslaved Children -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- W.
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Child slaves -- Jamaica -- History -- 18th century. Child slaves -- Jamaica -- History -- 19th century. Child slaves -- Jamaica -- Social conditions. Children, Black -- Jamaica -- History.