White fury : a Jamaican slaveholder and the age of revolution / Christer Petley.

The story of the struggle over slavery in the British empire -- as told through the rich, expressive, and frequently shocking letters of one of the wealthiest British slaveholders ever to have lived.

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Online Access: Full Text (via EBSCO)
Main Author: Petley, Christer (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018.
Edition:First edition.
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Table of Contents:
  • Part I. Foundations and Aspiration
  • 1 A West Indian Life
  • 2 Slave Empire
  • 3 Sugar and Strife
  • Part II. Crises and Frustration
  • 4 The American Revolution
  • 5 Reactions
  • 6 New Revolutions
  • 7 War and Abolition
  • Conclusions and Legacies.