1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910789495003321

Autore

Diptee Audra

Titolo

From Africa to Jamaica [[electronic resource] ] : the making of an Atlantic slave society, 1775-1807 / / Audra A. Diptee

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Gainesville, : University Press of Florida, c2010

ISBN

0-8130-3841-3

0-8130-4299-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (207 p.)

Disciplina

306.3/62097292

Soggetti

Black people - Jamaica - History - 18th century

Slave trade - Jamaica - History - 18th century

Slavery - Jamaica - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- The Atlantic crucible -- "Provided they arrive in health" -- "We took man, woman, and child" -- The Atlantic crossing -- African expectations, Jamaican realities.

Sommario/riassunto

Rich with historical sketches of the life and experiences of slaves in Africa, on slave ships, and in Jamaica, this volume illustrates the way enslaved Africans lived and helped to shape Jamaican society in the three decades before British abolition of the slave trade.  Audra Diptee's in-depth investigations reveal unexpected insights into the demographics of those captured in Africa and legally transported on British slave ships. For example, there is a commonly held belief that slave traders had a preference for adult males. In fact, the practicalities of slave raiding meant that wom



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910693937403321

Titolo

PBGC's unfunded pension liabilities : will taxpayers have to pay the bill? : hearing before the Committee on the Budget, House of Representatives, One Hundred Ninth Congress, first session, hearing held in Washington, DC, June 9, 2005

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (iii, 59 p.) : ill

Soggetti

Pensions - United States - Finance

Defined benefit pension plans - United States - Finance

Pension trust guaranty insurance - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia