The Bahamas from slavery to servitude, 1783-1933 /
Johnson, Howard, 1945-
The Bahamas from slavery to servitude, 1783-1933 / Howard Johnson. - Gainesville, FL : University Press of Florida, ©1996. - 1 online resource (xvii, 218 pages) : map
Includes bibliographical references (pages 170-212) and index.
The Bahamian economy to 1815 -- The self-hire system and the transition to contractual relations in Nassau -- The restructuring of agrarian relations after 1800 -- Between slavery and freedom: the liberated Africans and unfree labor -- The establishment of a dependent tenantry -- The credit and truck systems: the control of credit and labor -- Race, class, and urban policing -- Merchant hegemony and the making of immigration policy -- Labor migration as protest and survival strategy.
"Highly important scholarly treatment of Bahamian socioeconomic history in post-emancipation period. In addition to examining last phases of slavery in both rural and urban settings, looks at export economies of salt, cotton, pineapples, and sponges, and their roles in emergence of mercantile middle class. Concludes that partly because of flawed governmental policies, workers ended up in servitude and ultimately migrated to Miami"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58. http://www.loc.gov/hlas
English.
0813019842 (electronic bk.) 9780813019840 (electronic bk.) (alk. paper)
Slavery--History.--Bahamas
Plantation life--History.--Bahamas
Truck system--History.--Bahamas
Slaves--Emancipation--History.--Bahamas
Vie dans les plantations--Histoire.--Bahamas
Salaires en nature--Histoire.--Bahamas
Esclaves--Affranchissement--Histoire.--Bahamas
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Slavery.
Economic history.
Plantation life.
Slavery.
Slaves--Emancipation.
Truck system.
Slavernij.
Arbeiders.
Sociology & Social History.
Social Sciences.
Communities - Social Classes.
Bahamas--Economic conditions.
Bahamas--Conditions économiques.
Bahamas.
Bahama's.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
HT1119.B34 / J64 1996eb
306.3/62/097296
The Bahamas from slavery to servitude, 1783-1933 / Howard Johnson. - Gainesville, FL : University Press of Florida, ©1996. - 1 online resource (xvii, 218 pages) : map
Includes bibliographical references (pages 170-212) and index.
The Bahamian economy to 1815 -- The self-hire system and the transition to contractual relations in Nassau -- The restructuring of agrarian relations after 1800 -- Between slavery and freedom: the liberated Africans and unfree labor -- The establishment of a dependent tenantry -- The credit and truck systems: the control of credit and labor -- Race, class, and urban policing -- Merchant hegemony and the making of immigration policy -- Labor migration as protest and survival strategy.
"Highly important scholarly treatment of Bahamian socioeconomic history in post-emancipation period. In addition to examining last phases of slavery in both rural and urban settings, looks at export economies of salt, cotton, pineapples, and sponges, and their roles in emergence of mercantile middle class. Concludes that partly because of flawed governmental policies, workers ended up in servitude and ultimately migrated to Miami"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58. http://www.loc.gov/hlas
English.
0813019842 (electronic bk.) 9780813019840 (electronic bk.) (alk. paper)
Slavery--History.--Bahamas
Plantation life--History.--Bahamas
Truck system--History.--Bahamas
Slaves--Emancipation--History.--Bahamas
Vie dans les plantations--Histoire.--Bahamas
Salaires en nature--Histoire.--Bahamas
Esclaves--Affranchissement--Histoire.--Bahamas
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Slavery.
Economic history.
Plantation life.
Slavery.
Slaves--Emancipation.
Truck system.
Slavernij.
Arbeiders.
Sociology & Social History.
Social Sciences.
Communities - Social Classes.
Bahamas--Economic conditions.
Bahamas--Conditions économiques.
Bahamas.
Bahama's.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
HT1119.B34 / J64 1996eb
306.3/62/097296