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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457708303321

Autore

Kenny Gale L. <1979->

Titolo

Contentious liberties [[electronic resource] ] : American abolitionists in post-emancipation Jamaica, 1834-1866 / / Gale L. Kenny

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Athens, : University of Georgia Press, c2010

ISBN

1-283-25301-1

9786613253019

0-8203-4197-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (271 p.)

Collana

Race in the Atlantic world, 1700-1900

Disciplina

972.92/04

Soggetti

Antislavery movements - Jamaica - History - 19th century

Antislavery movements - United States - History - 19th century

Abolitionists - United States - History - 19th century

Liberty - History - 19th century

Electronic books.

Jamaica Social conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Revivals, antislavery, and Christian liberty -- Slavery and freedom in Jamaica -- Religion and the civilizing mission -- From spiritual liberty to sexual license -- Cultivating land, cultivating families -- Civilizing domesticity -- Revival, rebellions, and colonial subordination.