Slave population and economy in Jamaica, 1807-1834 [electronic resource] /

Higman, B. W., 1943-

Slave population and economy in Jamaica, 1807-1834 [electronic resource] / B.W. Higman ; with a new introduction. - Kingston, Jamaica : The Press, University of the West Indies, 1995. - xx, 327 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. - ACLS Humanities E-Book. .

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Includes bibliography (p. 311-323) and index.

"First published in 1976 (see HLAS 40:2983), work is a masterful analysis of the dynamics of slave labor in the economic growth of early-19th-century Jamaica. Discusses various characteristics of slave and free-colored population including mortality, birth rates, manumission, distribution, and structure, as well as jobs performed on island as a whole. Contains excellent statistical tables and new introduction by author"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58



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--History.--Jamaica

Slavery