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"A spirited and absorbing history of emancipation, oppression, and rebellion in the British empire."--C. Vann Woodward. "Holt greatly extends and deepens our understanding of the emancipation experience when, for just over a century, the people of Jamaica struggled to achieve their own vision of freedom and autonomy against powerful conservative forces."--David Barry Gaspar.



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"A spirited and absorbing history of emancipation, oppression, and rebellion in the British empire."--C. Vann Woodward "Holt greatly extends and deepens our understanding of the emancipation experience."--David Barry Gaspar "A landmark study."--Ira Berlin

The Problem of Freedom

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    A Paperback / softback by Thomas C. Holt

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      Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press
      Published 27 December 1991
      ISBN-13 9780801842917
      978-0801842917
      ISBN-10 0801842913

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      Book Synopsis

      "A spirited and absorbing history of emancipation, oppression, and rebellion in the British empire."--C. Vann Woodward. "Holt greatly extends and deepens our understanding of the emancipation experience when, for just over a century, the people of Jamaica struggled to achieve their own vision of freedom and autonomy against powerful conservative forces."--David Barry Gaspar.



      Trade Review
      "A spirited and absorbing history of emancipation, oppression, and rebellion in the British empire."--C. Vann Woodward "Holt greatly extends and deepens our understanding of the emancipation experience."--David Barry Gaspar "A landmark study."--Ira Berlin

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