Agency of the enslaved : Jamaica and the culture of freedom in the Atlantic world

Dunkley, Daive A. 1973- (Author).

Summary: In Agency of the Enslaved: Jamaica and the Culture of Freedom in the Atlantic World, D.A. Dunkley challenges the notion that enslavement fostered the culture of freedom in the former colonies of Western Europe in the Americas. Dunkley explores the importance of the agency displayed by enslaved people and argues that this formed the real basis of the culture of freedom in the Atlantic societies. These struggles were not for freedom, but for the acknowledgment of the freedom that enslaved people knew was already theirs. This view inspired their attempts to undermine the slave system that the Bri.

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ISBN: 9780739197417
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Publisher: Lanham : Lexington Books, ©2013.

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General Note:	Multi-User. CatMonthString:august.17
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Slave freedom: an introduction -- Those "perverse" slaves -- Questioning running away -- Instructing the enslaved -- Enslaved and in school -- The Anglican mandate -- Colonization of the church -- Slave laws and amelioration -- Amelioration, war, and individual freedom -- Conclusion.
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Source of Description Note:	Print version record.