A historical study of women in Jamaica : 1655-1844 /

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Author / Creator:	Mair, Lucille Mathurin.
Imprint:	Kingston, Jamaica : University of the West Indies Press : Centre for Gender and Development Studies, 2006.
Description:	xxxi, 496 p. ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Women -- Jamaica -- History. Women slaves -- Jamaica -- History. Slave labor -- Jamaica -- History. Slave labor. Women. Women slaves. Jamaica. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6436132

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Other authors / contributors:	Beckles, Hilary, 1955- Shepherd, Verene. University of the West Indies (Cave Hill, Barbados). Centre for Gender and Development Studies.
ISBN:	9766401780 9789766401788
Notes:	Based on the author's 1974 Ph.D. dissertation. Includes bibliographical references (p. 426-474) and index.
Other form:	Online version: Mair, Lucille Mathurin. Historical study of women in Jamaica. Kingston, Jamaica : University of the West Indies Press : Centre for Gender and Development Studies, 2006

Table of Contents:

List of Tables
Editors' Introduction
Author's Preface
Part 1. The Female Arrivants, 1655-1770
Chapter 1. The Arrivals of White Women
Chapter 2. The Arrivals of Black Women
Chapter 3. The Growth of the Mulatto Group
Part 2. Creole Slave Society, 1770-1834
Chapter 4. The White Woman in Jamaican Slave Society
Chapter 5. The White Woman: Legal Status, Family, Philanthropy and Gender Constraints
Chapter 6. The Black Woman: Demographic Profile, Occupation and Violent Abuse
Chapter 7. The Black Woman: Agency, Identity and Voice
Chapter 8. The Mulatto Woman in Jamaican Slave Society
Part 3. Postscript, 1834-1844
Chapter 9. The Beginnings of a Free Society, 1834-1844
Afterword: Recollections into a Journey of a Rebel Past
Appendix. Population: St James Parish
Notes
Author's Bibliography
Editors' Selected Bibliography
Index
About the Author

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