Rediscovering the lives of enslaved people in Jamaica A combination of archaeological and historical study, The Old Village and the Great House examines life within enslaved, and later free, laborer households at a Jamaican sugar plantation. Douglas V. Armstrong draws on excavations in house-yard areas to create a case study comparison between the lives of enslaved workers and the planter class. As Armstrong shows, archaeological analysis and historical research reveal a firsthand record of people's lives and the ...
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Rediscovering the lives of enslaved people in Jamaica A combination of archaeological and historical study, The Old Village and the Great House examines life within enslaved, and later free, laborer households at a Jamaican sugar plantation. Douglas V. Armstrong draws on excavations in house-yard areas to create a case study comparison between the lives of enslaved workers and the planter class. As Armstrong shows, archaeological analysis and historical research reveal a firsthand record of people's lives and the emergence of an African-Jamaican community. Detailed descriptions of artifacts, structural remains, and dietary refuse combine with written accounts to provide insight into the lives of enslaved people and African-Jamaican transformations.
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Fine in very good jacket. An Archaeological and Historical Examination of Drax Hall Plantation, St. Ann's Bay, Jamaica. 8vo. xviii, [2], 400, [4] pp. Bound in terra cotta cloth in terra cotta dust jacket printed in black and white. Black and white maps and illustrations. Includes bibliography and index. Fine in Very Good dust jacket with 2" mar and minor sunning to spine, minor rubbing to corners.
