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Enterprising women : gender, race, and power in the revolutionary atlantic
"In the Caribbean colony of Grenada in 1797, Dorothy Thomas signed the manumission documents for her elderly slave Betty. Thomas owned dozens of slaves and was well on her way to amassing the fortune that would make her the richest black resident in the nearby colony of Demerara. What made the...
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| Format : | Livre |
| Langue : | anglais |
| Titre complet : | Enterprising women : gender, race, and power in the revolutionary atlantic / Kit Candlin and Cassandra Pybus |
| Édition : | Paperback edition |
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Athens, GA :
University of Georgia Press
, 2018 |
| Description matérielle : | 1 vol.(x, 241 p.) |
| Collection : | Race in the Atlantic world, 1700-1900 |
| Contenu : | The free colored moment: war and revolution in A Brave New World. Bars, brothels, and business: Rachael Pringle Polgreen and Rosetta Smith. By labors and fidelity: Judith Philip and her family. A lasting testament of gratitude: Susannah Ostrehan and her nieces. The queen of Demerara: Mrs. Dorothy Thomas. By habit and repute: the intimate frontier of empire. Uncertain prospects: mixed-race descendants at the heart of empire |
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| Salle de lecture | HAM 503 | Empruntable | Disponible |