Research Catalog

Title

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

Author

Vasconcellos, Colleen A., 1973-

Publication

Athens ; London : The University of Georgia Press, [2015]

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Details

Description

xvi, 151 pages; 23 cm.

Summary

"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.

Series Statement

Early American places

Uniform Title

Early American places.

Subject

• Enslaved children > Jamaica > History > 18th century
• Enslaved children > Jamaica > History > 19th century
• Enslaved children > Jamaica > Social conditions
• Children, Black > Jamaica > History
• Families, Black > Jamaica > History
• Slavery > Jamaica > History
• Plantation life > Jamaica > History
• Antislavery movements > Jamaica > History
• Antislavery movements > Great Britain > History
• Jamaica > Race relations

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-148) and index.

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.

Call Number

Sc E 15-737

ISBN

• 9780820348025
• 0820348023
• 9780820348056
• 0820348058
• 9780820348032 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

• 2014029501
• 40024773867

OCLC

892432158

Author

Vasconcellos, Colleen A., 1973- author.

Title

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

Publisher

Athens ; London : The University of Georgia Press, [2015]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Early American places

Early American places.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-148) and index.

Other Standard Identifier

40024773867

Research Call Number

Sc E 15-737