Jamaica in the Age of Revolution
- ISBN-10
- 081225192X
- ISBN-13
- 9780812251920
- Category
- Jamaica
- Pages
- 400
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2020
- Author
- Trevor Burnard
Description
"The book focuses on the history of Jamaica during the years between Tacky's Revolt, the American Revolution, and the beginnings of parliamentary abolitionist legislation in 1788"--
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