Book Detail

Reaper's Garden: Death and Power in the World of Atlantic Slavery

ISBN: 9780674057128

Contributors: Brown, Vincent (Author)

Publisher: Harvard University Press, 2010

Binding: Paperback (Readerbound Available)

Retail: $28.00

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Description

What did people make of death in the world of Atlantic slavery? Brown asks this question about Jamaica. Popularly known as the grave of the Europeans, it was just as deadly for Africans and their descendants. Yet among the survivors, the dead remained both a vital presence and a social force.

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