Title British slave emancipation : the sugar colonies and the great experiment 1830-1865 / William A. Green

Published Oxford [England] : Clarendon Press, 1976

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Description 1 online resource (x, 449 pages, 2 unnumbered leaves of plates) : maps Summary This study of the West Indies in the mid-19th century draws on the experiences of more than a dozen sugar colonies to illustrate the politics and society of the islands on the eve of emancipation. It places British government policies towards the region in the context of Victorian attitudes Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 416-438) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Print version record Subject Enslaved persons -- Emancipation -- West Indies, British British colonies Economic history Colonies -- Administration Enslaved persons -- Emancipation Social conditions Abschaffung Sklaverei SUBJECT West Indies, British -- Economic conditions West Indies, British -- Social conditions Great Britain -- Colonies -- Administration -- History -- 19th century Subject West Indies -- British West Indies Großbritannien Westindien Genre/Form History Sklavenemanzipation (1830-1865) Form Electronic book ISBN 9780191675515 0191675512

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