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160 p., Chronicles the history of slavery in Haiti through a recitation of the brutality of the colonisers and the often mundane and trivial ways in which they attempted to dehumanize Haitians. It seeks to illustrate how Haitians' 300-year journey to freedom was illuminated by the African philosophy of Ubuntu, a world view that embodies human solidarity, respect, dignity, justice, liberty, and love. In this philosophy, Africans found an unmatched strength to resist slavery.
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176 p, Contents: I. Codrington College and Plantations -- II. Field Hands and Artisans -- III. Discipline -- IV. Villages and Villagers -- V. African Recruitment -- VI. Anatomy of Decline -- VII. Hired Gangs and Seasoned Recruits -- VIII. Chattel Christians, 1710-1768 -- IX. Humanitarian Policy, 1760-1793 -- X. Amelioration, 1793-1823 -- XI. The Society and the Abolitionists, 1823-1830 -- XII. Emancipation and Apprenticeship, 1831-1838 -- XIII. Conclusion
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388 p, Includes Richard S. Dunn's "Sugar production and slave women in Jamaica"; -- David P. Geggus' "Sugar and coffee cultivation in Saint Domingue and the shaping of the slave labor force"; David Barry Gaspar's "Sugar cultivation and slave life in Antigua before 1800"; Michel-Rolph Trouillot's "Coffee planters and coffee slaves in the Antilles: the impact of a secondary crop"; Woodville K. Marshall's "Provision ground and plantation labor in four windward islands: competition for resources during slavery"; and Dale Tomich's "Une petite guinée: provision ground and plantation in Martinique, 1830-1848"
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309 p, Using the stories of ordinary people, Block illustrates how engaging with the powerful rhetoric and rituals of Christianity was central to survival. Isobel Criolla was a runaway slave in Cartagena who successfully lobbied the Spanish governor not to return her to an abusive mistress. Nicolas Burundel was a French Calvinist who served as henchman to the Spanish governor of Jamaica before his arrest by the Inquisition for heresy. Henry Whistler was an English sailor sent to the Caribbean under Oliver Cromwell's plan for holy war against Catholic Spain. Yaff and Nell were slaves who served a Quaker plantation owner, Lewis Morris, in Barbados. Seen from their on-the-ground perspective, the development of modern capitalism, race, and Christianity emerges as a story of negotiation, contingency, humanity, and the quest for community.
Asunción, Paraguay: Centro UNESCO Asunción Servilibro
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337 p, The author talks about the phenomenon of slavery in ancient civilizations ranging from general to specific to reach our country. Through documents arrive to form a complete picture of the life they led and poses a theory about his disappearance.
