British Slave Emancipation: The Sugar Colonies and the Great Experiment, 1830-1865 / Edition 1

by William A. Green

Overview

A study of the West Indies in the mid-nineteenth century, this book draws together the experiences of more than a dozen different sugar colonies and forms them into a coherent historical account. The first part of the book examines the West Indies on the eve of emancipation in 1830-1865, a key passage in West Indian history. Green presents a clear general picture of the sugar colonies, and places British governmental policy toward the region in the context of Victorian attitudes toward colonial questions.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198202783
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	10/10/1991
Series:	Clarendon Paperbacks
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	464
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 5.44(h) x 1.35(d)

About the Author

Holy Cross College, Worcester, Massachusetts

Editorial Reviews

"A useful synthesis...particularly cogent on the economic and political issues within the islands, showing their common concerns as well as their local variations."—CHOICE

"Conveniently brings together much scattered information and interestingly contrasts the development of Jamaica with that of Trinidad, Guiana, and Barbados."—Victorian Studies

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