A Tale of Two Plantations

A Tale of Two Plantations
Author: Richard S. Dunn
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 553
Release: 2014-11-04
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0674735366


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Richard Dunn reconstructs the lives of three generations of slaves on a sugar estate in Jamaica and a plantation in Virginia, to understand the starkly different forms slavery took. Deadly work regimens and rampant disease among Jamaican slaves contrast with population expansion in Virginia leading to the selling of slaves and breakup of families.


A Tale of Two Plantations
Language: en
Pages: 553
Authors: Richard S. Dunn
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-11-04 - Publisher: Harvard University Press

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Richard Dunn reconstructs the lives of three generations of slaves on a sugar estate in Jamaica and a plantation in Virginia, to understand the starkly differen
A Tale of Two Plantations
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