Slavery and the politics of place : representing the Colonial Caribbean, 1770-1833 /
Bohls, Elizabeth A.,
Slavery and the politics of place : representing the Colonial Caribbean, 1770-1833 / Elizabeth A. Bohls. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, (c)2014. - 1 online resource (x, 262 pages) : illustrations. - Cambridge studies in Romanticism ; 108 .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction: Captive spaces -- 1. The planter picturesque -- 2. Stedman's tropics: The mercenary as naturalist -- 3. Colonial history and Atlantic geography -- 4. Equiano's politics of place: From roots to routes -- 5. At home with the "blackies": Janet Schaw and Maria Nugent -- 6. A long way from home: Slavery, travel, and imperial geography in The History of Mary Prince -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Analyzes representations of the places of British slavery - Africa, the Caribbean, and Britain - in writings by planters, slaves and travellers.
9781139941617 9781316149843 9781316150108
Slavery--History.--Caribbean Area
Slavery in literature.
Electronic Books.
HT1161 / .S538 2014 PR448
Slavery and the politics of place : representing the Colonial Caribbean, 1770-1833 / Elizabeth A. Bohls. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, (c)2014. - 1 online resource (x, 262 pages) : illustrations. - Cambridge studies in Romanticism ; 108 .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction: Captive spaces -- 1. The planter picturesque -- 2. Stedman's tropics: The mercenary as naturalist -- 3. Colonial history and Atlantic geography -- 4. Equiano's politics of place: From roots to routes -- 5. At home with the "blackies": Janet Schaw and Maria Nugent -- 6. A long way from home: Slavery, travel, and imperial geography in The History of Mary Prince -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Analyzes representations of the places of British slavery - Africa, the Caribbean, and Britain - in writings by planters, slaves and travellers.
9781139941617 9781316149843 9781316150108
Slavery--History.--Caribbean Area
Slavery in literature.
Electronic Books.
HT1161 / .S538 2014 PR448