Unprofitable Servants
Subtitle: Crown Slaves in Berbice, Guyana, 1803-1831
Publisher: University Press of the West Indies
Published: November 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 321
ISBN-13: 9789766401207
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; Slavery & emancipation; Social history; c 1800 to c 1900; History: World; History; History - General History; Guyana; Caribbean & West Indies - General; World - Colonial Studies
First sentence: In 1803, during the Napoleonic Wars, the British imperial government conquered the Dutch colony of Berbice and took over the management of a number of presumed government slaves.