Livestock, sugar and slavery : contested terrain in colonial Jamaica /
Verene A. Shepherd.
- Kingston, Jamaica Miami : Ian Randle Publishers, c2009.
- xl, 279 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
- Forgotten histories of the Caribbean .
- Forgotten histories of the Caribbean. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 254-274) and index.
Raising livestock in the pre-plantation era -- The interplay of livestock and cane : contests over land for commodity production -- Trade and exchange : contesting the classic plantationist trading arrangement -- The pen-keepers : emergence, demographic profile and economic status -- The pen-keepers : socio-political status, ideology, relationships and the 'ranking game' -- The enslaved on pens : demographic profile and work culture -- Contesting slavery : negotiations for freedom in a slave system -- Post-slavery adjustments.
9789766372569 (pbk.) 9789766374037 (hbk.)
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Animal industry--History.--Jamaica Sugarcane industry--History.--Jamaica Land use--History.--Jamaica Slavery--History.--Jamaica Slaves--Emancipation--Jamaica.