Bahamas From Slavery To Servitude, 1783-1933; Author: Johnson, Howard; Hardback; Book

Author: Johnson, Howard
Hardback; Book; 5 Tables, 1 Map, Notes, Bibliography, Index
226 pages
Published: February 1997
University Presses of Florida
ISBN: 0813014948
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An extended and comprehensive history of the Bahamas.... Shifts the focus of interest from the islands' elites to the common people ... with special reference to the black population whichhas hitherto been largely ignored in historical writing. -- Richard B. Sheridan, University of Kansas, LawrenceAn examination of the last phase of slavery in the Bahamas as one element in the foundation of later, and perhaps more exploitative, labour systems. Johnson suggests the people of the Bahamas often exerted more autonomy and power as slaves than as free people.