The Freedom of Speech: Talk and Slavery in the Anglo-Caribbean World

by Miles Ogborn

The institution of slavery has always depended on enforcing the boundaries between slaveholders and the enslaved. As historical geographer Miles Ogborn reveals in The Freedom of Speech , across the Anglo-Caribbean world the fundamental distinction between freedom and bondage relied upon the violent policing of the spoken word. Offering a compelling new lens on transatlantic slavery, this book gathers rich historical data from Barbados, Jamaica, and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022665768X
• ISBN13: 9780226657684
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"