Contentious liberties
Subtitle: American abolitionists in post-emancipation Jamaica, 1834-1866
By: Gale L. Kenny.
Series: Race in the Atlantic world, 1700-1900
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Athens
Language: eng
Number of pages: 257
ISBN-13: 9780820333991
Subjects: Antislavery movements -- Jamaica -- History -- 19th century; Antislavery movements -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Abolitionists -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Liberty -- History -- 19th century; Jamaica -- Social conditions
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Revivals, antislavery, and Christian liberty; title: Slavery and freedom in Jamaica; title: Religion and the civilizing mission; title: From spiritual liberty to sexual license; title: Cultivating land, cultivating families; title: Civilizing domesticity; title: Revival, rebellions, and colonial subordination.