The Economics of Emancipation
Jamaica and Barbados, 1823-1843
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2840720 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Richard J Salvucci (Trinity University), Kathleen Mary Butler |
| Year | 1996 |
| Volume | 76 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 825 |
| Publication date | 1996-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Hispanic American Historical Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0018-2168 • E-ISSN: 1527-1900 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2518011 |
| OpenAlex | W2168249387 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 22 |
The British Slavery Abolition Act of 1834 provided a grant of u20 million to compensate the owners of West Indian slaves for the loss of their human 'property.' In this first comparative analysis of the impact of the award on the colonies, Mary Butler focuses on Jamaica and Barbados, two of Britain's premier sugar islands. The Economics of Emancipation examines the effect of compensated emancipation on colonial credit, landownership, plantation land values, and the broader spheres of international trade and finance. Butler also brings the role and status of women as creditors and plantation owners into focus for the first time. Through her analysis of rarely used chancery court records, attorneys' letters, and compensation returns, Butler underscores the fragility of the colonial economies of Jamaica and Barbados, illustrates the changing relationship between planters and merchants, and offers new insights into the social and political history of the West Indies and Britain
Development economics · Economic history · Economics · Emancipation · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Caribbean history, culture, and politics · Economic Zones and Regional Development · History · Law · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy
The Voice of Agitation Should Roll across the Broad Atlantic”
O pós-abolição como problema histórico
Labor and place in Barbados, Jamaica, and Trinidad
To Fit you All for Freedom
Capital, Illegal Slaves, Indentured Labourers and the Creation of a Sugar Plantation Economy in Mauritius, 1810–60
New ideas of correctness’
Capital Spectacles in British Frames”
Negotiating Female Property- And Slave-Ownership in the Aristocratic World
When Cape slavery ended
Slave prices from succession and bankruptcy sales in Mauritius, 1825–1827
Crisis, criticisms, and damaged credibility
Preface
The Governor and the Enslaved
Necrospeculation
Explaining Costly International Moral Action
On the History and Historiography of Banking in the Caribbean
Gender and Slave Emancipation in the Atlantic World
Historicizing Slavery in West Indian Feminisms
Among Her Kinswomen
The landscapes of class negotiation on coffee plantations in the blue mountains of Jamaica
| Unique citing works | 20 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,73 |
| Citation span | 1996 - 2024 (29) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |