PUNISHMENT, CRIME, AND THE BODIES OF SLAVES IN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY JAMAICA.
Investigates the quotidian practices of the slave courts in Saint Andrew, Jamaica during the 18th century. Background on the city of Saint Andrew and its slave society; Crimes that involved slaves; Reasons of slaveholders for bringing their slaves to court; Punishments and their meaning.
| Publicado en: | Journal of Social History Vol. 34; no. 4; pp. 923 - 955 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Summer2001
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| Sumario: | Investigates the quotidian practices of the slave courts in Saint Andrew, Jamaica during the 18th century. Background on the city of Saint Andrew and its slave society; Crimes that involved slaves; Reasons of slaveholders for bringing their slaves to court; Punishments and their meaning. |
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