Slave Population and Economy in Jamaica, 1807-1834 - Paperback

by B. W. Higman (Author)

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