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Demonstrates that Jamaica's troubles were caused not by lazy blacks but by the incompetence of absentee white planters operating within an obsolete colonial system. This book also shows that although large plantations languished, many former slaves worked tirelessly and became successful small-scale landowners.

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"An insightful first-hand account of postslavery Jamaica in 1850."--New West Indian Guide

Jamaica in 1850 or The Effects of Sixteen Years

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      Publisher: MO - University of Illinois Press
      Publication Date: 4/25/2006 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780252073274, 978-0252073274
      ISBN10: 0252073274

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Demonstrates that Jamaica's troubles were caused not by lazy blacks but by the incompetence of absentee white planters operating within an obsolete colonial system. This book also shows that although large plantations languished, many former slaves worked tirelessly and became successful small-scale landowners.

      Trade Review
      "An insightful first-hand account of postslavery Jamaica in 1850."--New West Indian Guide

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