ISBN:
9780822360070
,
9780822359753
Language:
English
Pages:
xvi, 320 Seiten
,
Illustrationen, Karten
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Lightfoot, Natasha, 1978 - Troubling freedom
DDC:
305.800972974
Keywords:
Slaves Emancipation
;
Slaves Emancipation
;
Colonies
;
Antigua Race relations
;
History
;
Antigua
;
Sklaverei
;
Abschaffung
;
Geschichte 1831-1858
Abstract:
"A landscape that continually recurred in passing" : the many worlds of a small place -- "So them make law for Negro, so them make law for master" : Antigua's 1831 Sunday market rebellion -- "But freedom till better" : labor struggles after 1834 -- "An equality with the highest in the land"? : the expansion of Black private and public life -- "Sinful conexions" : Christianity, social surveillance, and Black women's bodies in distress -- "Mashing ants" : surviving the economic crisis after 1846 -- "Our side" : Antigua's 1858 uprising and the contingent nature of freedom
Description / Table of Contents:
"A landscape that continually recurred in passing" : the many worlds of a small place"So them make law for Negro, so them make law for master" : Antigua's 1831 Sunday market rebellion -- "But freedom till better" : labor struggles after 1834 -- "An equality with the highest in the land"? : the expansion of Black private and public life -- "Sinful conexions" : Christianity, social surveillance, and Black women's bodies in distress -- "Mashing ants" : surviving the economic crisis after 1846 -- "Our side" : Antigua's 1858 uprising and the contingent nature of freedom.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
