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Livestock, sugar and slavery, contested terrain in colonial Jamaica, Verene A. Shepherd

Classification
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Label
Livestock, sugar and slavery, contested terrain in colonial Jamaica, Verene A. Shepherd
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Illustrations
mapsillustrations
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Main title
Livestock, sugar and slavery
Nature of contents
bibliography
Responsibility statement
Verene A. Shepherd
Series statement
Forgotten histories of the Caribbean
Sub title
contested terrain in colonial Jamaica
Table of contents
Raising livestock in the pre-plantation era -- The interplay of livestock and cane: contests over land for commodity production -- Trade and exchange: contesting the classic plantationist trading arrangement -- The pen-keepers: socio-political status, ideology, relationships and the 'ranking game' -- The enslaved on pens: demographic profile and work culture -- Contesting slavery: negotiations for freedom in a slave system -- Post-slavery adjustments

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