British Slave Emancipation: The Sugar Colonies and the Great Experiment 1830-1865A study of the West Indies in the mid-nineteenth century, this book draws together the experiences of more than a dozen different sugar colonies and forms them into a coherent historical account. The first part of the book examines the West Indies on the eve of emancipation in 1830-1865, a key passage in West Indian history. Green presents a clear general picture of the sugar colonies, and places British governmental policy toward the region in the context of Victorian attitudes toward colonial questions. |
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WEST INDIAN SOCIETY | 3 |
THE PLANTATION ECONOMY 35 555 | 35 |
LAW AND GOVERNMENT | 65 |
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