Troubling Freedom: Antigua and the Aftermath of British Emancipation

Natasha Lightfoot tells the story of how Antigua's newly freed black working people struggled to realize freedom, prior to and in the decades following their emancipation in 1834. Their continued efforts in the face of oppression complicate common definitions of freedom and narratives about new...

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Main Author: Lightfoot, Natasha (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Durham, North Carolina Duke University Press 2015
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Online Access:BSB01
Summary:Natasha Lightfoot tells the story of how Antigua's newly freed black working people struggled to realize freedom, prior to and in the decades following their emancipation in 1834. Their continued efforts in the face of oppression complicate common definitions of freedom and narratives about newly freed slaves in the Caribbean
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Physical Description:1 online resource (337 pages)
ISBN:9780822375050