The University of the West Indies Press
Slave Population and Economy in Jamaica 1807-1834
B. W. Higman
History
Slave Population and Economy in Jamaica 1807-1834
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First published in 1976 (see HLAS 40:2983), work is a masterful analysis of the dynamics of slave labor in the economic growth of early-19th-century Jamaica. Discusses various characteristics of slave and free-colored population including mortality, birth rates, manumission, distribution, and structure, as well as jobs performed on island as a who

Language
English
ISBN
9789766400088
CONTENTS
FIGURES
TABLES
PREFACE 1976
INTRODUCTION 1995
1. SLAVES, LIVESTOCK, MACHINES
PART 1. ECONOMY
2. DISTRIBUTION OF THE SLAVE LABOUR FORCE
3. AGRICULTURE
4. OTHER ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES
PART 2. POPULATION
5. POPULATION DISTRIBUTION AND STRUCTURE
6. PATTERNS OF SURVIVAL
7. COLOUR, FAMILY AND FERTILITY
8. MANUMISSIONS, RUNAWAYS AND CONVICTS
PART3. DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE AND ECONOMIC DECLINE
9. ORGANIZATION OF SLAVE LABOUR
10. LEVELS OF PRODUCTIVITY
11. OVERSEER DAY DONE?
APPENDIXES
1. WEIGHTS, MEASURES AND VALUES,1832
2. CROP COMBINATIONS, 1832
3. STATISTICAL TABLES
NOTES
CHAPTER 1
CHAPTER 2
CHAPTER 3
CHAPTER 4
CHAPTER 5
CHAPTER 6
CHAPTER 7
CHAPTER 8
CHAPTER 9
CHAPTER 10
CHAPTER 11
APPENDIX 1
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
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