UID:
almafu_9961615413002883
Format:
1 online resource (601 pages) :
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illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white), digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
0-511-71125-5
Series Statement:
Cambridge library collection. History
Content:
Edward Long's three-volume work marks a major turning point in the historiography of Jamaica, as the first attempt at a comprehensive description of the colony, its history, government, people, economy and geography. The son of a prominent Jamaican plantation owner, Long spent 12 years running his father's property, an experience which permeates his vision of the island's past, present and future. Throughout his book, Long defends slavery as 'inevitably necessary' in Jamaica, suggesting the institution to be implicit in the 'possession of British freedom'. Volume 2 presents a survey of the counties of Jamaica, information on religion, education and health, descriptions and racial classifications of the population, a history of the slave rebellions and details of the legal code governing slavery.
Note:
Also issued in print: 2010.
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Originally published: London: T. Lowndes, 1774.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-108-01645-6
Language:
English
