Freedom and resistance : a social history of black loyalists in the Bahamas /

Freedom and resistance : a social history of black loyalists in the Bahamas /

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Author / Creator:	Curry, Christopher, 1971- author.
Imprint:	Gainesville, FL : University Press of Florida, 2017.
Description:	x, 256 pages ; 25 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	African American loyalists -- Bahamas. Slavery -- Bahamas -- History. Blacks -- Bahamas -- History. African American loyalists. Blacks. Slavery. Bahamas -- History. Bahamas. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11017467

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ISBN:	9780813054476 0813054478
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	Christopher Curry recovers a social history of black loyalists in the Bahamas that highlights intra- and inter-racial dynamics and examines their impact on evolving Bahamian society. This volume also examines the racial discord that erupted between black and white loyalists as, respectively, one group sought greater legal freedoms while the other sought greater economic benefits. With this work, Curry adds a new chapter to the global dimensions of the freedom struggle that emanated from the American Revolution.

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Roots and routes
Their struggle with freedom from bondage
Setting their feet down
Labor, land, and the law
Codifying power, challenging the law
Conclusion.