Format:
xvii, 411 Seiten
,
Illustrationen, Diagramme
ISBN:
9781469634432
Content:
"By tracing the largely forgotten eighteenth-century migration of elite mixed-race individuals from Jamaica to Great Britain, "Children of Uncertain Fortune" reinterprets the evolution of British racial ideologies as a matter of negotiating family membership. Using wills, legal petitions, family correspondences, and inheritance lawsuits, Daniel Livesay ... follow[s] the hundreds of children born to white planters and Caribbean women of color who crossed the ocean for educational opportunities, professional apprenticeships, marriage prospects, or refuge from colonial prejudices"--
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781469634449
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
Keywords:
Jamaika
;
Mulatten
;
Auswanderung
;
Großbritannien
;
Geschichte 1733-1833
