Brown, Vincent, 1967-

The reaper's garden death and power in the world of Atlantic slavery / [electronic resource] : Vincent Brown. - Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2008. - x, 340 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. - ACLS Humanities E-Book. .

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-325) and index.

Death, power, and Atlantic slavery -- Worlds of wealth and death -- Last rites and first principles -- Expectations of the dead -- Icons, shamans, and martyrs -- The soul of the British Empire -- Holy ghosts and eternal salvation -- Gardens of remembrance -- Regeneration.

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--Social aspects--Jamaica.--Jamaica.

Death Slavery