The Children of Africa in the Colonies: Free People of Color in Barbados in the Age of Emancipation

by Melanie J. Newton

Book Overview

How emancipation transformed social and political relations in Barbados When a small group of free men of color gathered in 1838 to celebrate the end of apprenticeship in Barbados, they spoke of emancipation as the moment of freedom for all colored people, not just the former slaves. The fact that many of these men had owned slaves themselves gives a hollow ring to their lofty pronouncements. Yet in The Children of Africa in the Colonies, Melanie...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807133264
• ISBN13: 9780807133262
• Release Date: June 2008
• Publisher: LSU Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.3"