The Reapers Garden Death And Power In The World Of Atlantic Slavery

What did people make of death in the world of Atlantic slavery? In The Reaper’s Garden, Vincent Brown asks this question about Jamaica, the staggeringly profitable hub of the British Empire in America—and a human catastrophe. Popularly known as the grave of the Europeans, it was just as deadly for Africans and their descendants. Yet among the survivors, the dead remained both a vital presence and a social force.

שנה

2008

שפה

English

הוצאה

Harvard University Press

מהדורות

4

עמודים

368

ISBN

9780674024229

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