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Slavery, childhood, and abolition in Jamaica, 1788-1838 / Colleen A. Vasconcellos.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Early American placesPublication details: Athens : The University of Georgia Press, 2015.Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 151 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780820348032
  • 0820348031
  • 9780820348056
  • 0820348058
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Slavery, childhood, and abolition in Jamaica, 1788-1838.DDC classification:
  • 306.3/62083097292 23
LOC classification:
  • HT1096 .V37 2015
Online resources:
Contents:
"To so dark a destiny my lovely babe I've borne" : slavery and childhood in Jamaica -- "The child whom many fathers share, hath seldom known a father's care" : miscegenation and childhood in Jamaican slave society -- "Train up a child in the way he should go" : childhood and education in the Jamaican slave community -- "That iniquitous law" : the apprenticeship and emancipation of Jamaica's enslaved children.
Scope and content: "This project examines childhood and slavery in Jamaica from 1750, when abolitionist sentiment began to take hold in England, to 1838, when slavery finally ended on the island. By focusing specifically on the changing nature of slave childhood in Jamaica, Vasconcellos examines how childhood and slavery influenced and changed each other throughout this period of study, with the abolitionist movement standing as the main catalyst for change. With each chapter focusing on a different aspect of the slave experience, this monograph explores a childhood that was defined by planter opinion and manipulation, but one that was increasingly affected by the complex processes of slavery, abolition, and eventually emancipation. In doing so, this study reveals a great deal about slave family and childhood from the inside, shining new light on the experiences of slave children and slave families in Jamaica"--Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"To so dark a destiny my lovely babe I've borne" : slavery and childhood in Jamaica -- "The child whom many fathers share, hath seldom known a father's care" : miscegenation and childhood in Jamaican slave society -- "Train up a child in the way he should go" : childhood and education in the Jamaican slave community -- "That iniquitous law" : the apprenticeship and emancipation of Jamaica's enslaved children.

"This project examines childhood and slavery in Jamaica from 1750, when abolitionist sentiment began to take hold in England, to 1838, when slavery finally ended on the island. By focusing specifically on the changing nature of slave childhood in Jamaica, Vasconcellos examines how childhood and slavery influenced and changed each other throughout this period of study, with the abolitionist movement standing as the main catalyst for change. With each chapter focusing on a different aspect of the slave experience, this monograph explores a childhood that was defined by planter opinion and manipulation, but one that was increasingly affected by the complex processes of slavery, abolition, and eventually emancipation. In doing so, this study reveals a great deal about slave family and childhood from the inside, shining new light on the experiences of slave children and slave families in Jamaica"--Provided by publisher.

Print version record.

English.

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