Race Relations in the Bahamas, 1784-1834: The Nonviolent Transformation from a Slave to a Free Society

by Whittington B. Johnson

This deeply researched, clearly written book is a history of black society and its relations with whites in the Bahamas from the close of the American Revolution to emancipation. Whittington B. Johnson examines the communities developed by free, bonded, and mixed-race blacks on the islands as British colonists and American loyalists unsuccessfully tried to establish a plantation economy. The author explores how relations between the races developed...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1557285705
• ISBN13: 9781557285706
• Release Date: July 2000
• Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.9" x 9.3"