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A Narrative of Events, Since the First of August, 1834, by James Williams, an Apprenticed Labourer in Jamaica Paperback - 2001
by James Williams; Diana Paton (Editor)
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"This is simply a fabulous compilation of materials. Paton carefully addresses an impressive range of historical and literary contexts that allow the contemporary reader to fully appreciate the importance of Williams's narrative."--Sandra Gunning, author of "Race, Rape, and Lynching: The Red Record of American Literature, 1890-1912"
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- Title A Narrative of Events, Since the First of August, 1834, by James Williams, an Apprenticed Labourer in Jamaica
- Author James Williams; Diana Paton (Editor)
- Binding Paperback
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- Pages 208
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Duke University Press, Durham, NC
- Date June 2001
- Features Annotated
- ISBN 9780822326472 / 0822326477
- Weight 0.73 lbs (0.33 kg)
- Dimensions 9.3 x 5.84 x 0.6 in (23.62 x 14.83 x 1.52 cm)
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- Cultural Region: Caribbean
- Library of Congress subjects Jamaica - History - 19th century, Jamaica - Race relations
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 00047691
- Dewey Decimal Code 972.920
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Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2001. lxiii, 141 pages, illustrations, maps; 24 cm. A John Hope Franklin Center book. Tight, clean copy. "This book brings back into print, for the first time since the 1830s, a text that was central to the transatlantic campaign to fully abolish slavery in Britain's colonies. James Williams, an eighteen-year-old Jamaican 'apprentice' (former slave), came to Britain in 1837 at the instigation of the abolitionist Joseph Sturge. The Narrative he produced there, one of very few autobiographical texts by Caribbean slaves or former slaves, became one of the most powerful abolitionist tools for effecting the immediate end to the system of apprenticeship that had replaced slavery. Describing the hard working conditions on plantations and the harsh treatment of apprentices unjustly incarcerated, Williams argues that apprenticeship actually worsened the conditions of Jamaican ex-slaves: former owners, no longer legally permitted to directly punish their…
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