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Follow the changing fortunes of an early American family living through tumultuous times. The Cary family of Chelsea, Massachusetts, prospered as plantation owners and managers for nearly two decades in the West Indies before the Grenada slave revolts of 17951796 upended the sugar trade. Sarah Gray Cary used her quick intelligence and astute judgment to help her family adapt to their shifting fortunes. From Samuel Cary's departure from Boston to St. Kitts in 1764 to the second generation's search for trade throughout the West Indies, Susan Clair Imbarrato tells the compelling story of the Cary family from prosperity and crisis to renewal. Drawing on a wealth of archival material, this engaging book describes how Sarah Cary managed households in both Grenada and Chelsea while raising thirteen children. In particular, Imbarrato examines Sarah's correspondence with her sons Samuel and Lucius, in which they address family matters, share opinions on political and social events, discuss

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Seeking Fortune
2. Building Prosperity
3. Relocating and Adjusting
4. Slave Revolts and Shifting Fortunes
5. Recovery and Renewal
6. Sustaining a Family
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Sarah Gray Cary from Boston to Grenada

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      Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press
      Published 11 June 2018
      ISBN-13 9781421424613
      978-1421424613
      ISBN-10 1421424614
      Also in:
      Slavery, enslaved persons and abolition of slavery

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Follow the changing fortunes of an early American family living through tumultuous times. The Cary family of Chelsea, Massachusetts, prospered as plantation owners and managers for nearly two decades in the West Indies before the Grenada slave revolts of 17951796 upended the sugar trade. Sarah Gray Cary used her quick intelligence and astute judgment to help her family adapt to their shifting fortunes. From Samuel Cary's departure from Boston to St. Kitts in 1764 to the second generation's search for trade throughout the West Indies, Susan Clair Imbarrato tells the compelling story of the Cary family from prosperity and crisis to renewal. Drawing on a wealth of archival material, this engaging book describes how Sarah Cary managed households in both Grenada and Chelsea while raising thirteen children. In particular, Imbarrato examines Sarah's correspondence with her sons Samuel and Lucius, in which they address family matters, share opinions on political and social events, discuss

      Table of Contents

      Acknowledgments
      Introduction
      1. Seeking Fortune
      2. Building Prosperity
      3. Relocating and Adjusting
      4. Slave Revolts and Shifting Fortunes
      5. Recovery and Renewal
      6. Sustaining a Family
      Notes
      Bibliography
      Index

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