Slave Population and Economy in Jamaica,

"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 whole. Contains excellent statistical tables and new introduction by author"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

List of figures

ix

List of tables

xi

Preface 1976

xv

Introduction 1995

xvii

Conventions, abbreviations and symbols

xx

Slaves, livestock, machines

1

(8)

PART I Economy

Distribution of labour force

9

(9)

Agriculture

18

(18)

Other economic activities

36

(9)

PART II Population

Population distribution and and structure

45

(54)

Patterns of survival

99

(40)

Colour, family and fertility

139

(37)

Manumissions, runaways and convicts

176

(11)

PART III Demographic Change and Economic Decline

Organization of slave labour

187

(25)

Levels of productivity

212

(15)

Overseer day done?

227

(52)

APPENDIXES

1. Weights, measures and values, 1832

235

(8)

2. Crop-combinations, 1832

243

(2)

3. Statistical tables

245

(34)

Notes

279

(32)

Bibliography

311

(13)

Index

324

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Slave Population and Economy in Jamaica, 1807-1834

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