TY - GEN AU - Higman,B.W. TI - Slave population and economy in Jamaica, 1807-1834 PY - 1995/// CY - Kingston, Jamaica PB - The Press, University of the West Indies KW - Jamaica KW - History KW - Slavery N1 - E-Book-ACLS / Zugriff nur im DHI-Lesesaal; American Council of Learned Societies/ https://www.humanitiesebook.org/about; Includes bibliography (p. 311-323) and index N2 - "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 UR - https://hdl.handle.net/2027/heb00725 ER -