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UNINA9910789495003321 |
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Autore |
Diptee Audra |
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Titolo |
From Africa to Jamaica [[electronic resource] ] : the making of an Atlantic slave society, 1775-1807 / / Audra A. Diptee |
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Gainesville, : University Press of Florida, c2010 |
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0-8130-3841-3 |
0-8130-4299-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (207 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Black people - Jamaica - History - 18th century |
Slave trade - Jamaica - History - 18th century |
Slavery - Jamaica - History |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction -- The Atlantic crucible -- "Provided they arrive in health" -- "We took man, woman, and child" -- The Atlantic crossing -- African expectations, Jamaican realities. |
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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 |
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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 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (iii, 59 p.) : ill |
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Pensions - United States - Finance |
Defined benefit pension plans - United States - Finance |
Pension trust guaranty insurance - United States |
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Materiale a stampa |
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