The Essence of the Contract: The Articulation of Race, Gender, and Political Economy in British Emancipation Policy, 1838-1866

TitleThe Essence of the Contract: The Articulation of Race, Gender, and Political Economy in British Emancipation Policy, 1838-1866
Publication TypeBook Chapter
Year of Publication2000
AuthorsHolt, Thomas C.
EditorCooper, Frederick, Thomas C. Holt, and Rebecca J. Scott
Book TitleBeyond Slavery: Explorations of Race, Labor, and Citizenship in Postemancipation Societies
Pagination33-59
PublisherUniversity of North Carolina Press
CityChapel Hill
Abstract

In this book chapter, the author examines the former slave communities of Jamaica, looking at the particular sorts of aspirations Jamaicans had, the connection of gender relations among them to the expectations of the imperial emancipators, and the way in which the nonconformity of the former slaves to imperial notions shaped the subsequent coding of their behavior in racial terms and the defining of them as outside the bounds of "citizen."

URLhttps://uncpress.org/book/9780807848548/beyond-slavery/
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