Slavery in African and the Caribbean : a history of enslavement and identity since the 18th century

    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Ojo,Olatunji (Editor) and Hunt,Nadine (Editor)
    Format:
    Book, Edited
    Publication Date:
    2012
    WorldCat URL:
    http://www.worldcat.org/isbn/9781780761152
    Published:
    London: Tauris
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    ISBN:
    1780761155;9781780761152
    Subject Term:
    Caribbean area, History, Slavery, Slaves, and Africa
    Notes:
    224 p., Analyses the written sources which have survived, demonstrating how many Africans coped by adopting a flexible identity in order to negotiate the cultural differences in African, European, and Islamic systems of slavery. An important work based on Jamaican and African archival sources.

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