TY  - BOOK
AU  - Petley,Christer
AU  - Taylor,Simon
TI  - White fury: a Jamaican slaveholder and the age of revolution 
SN  - 9780192509352
AV  - HT1096 .W458 2018
PY  - 2018///
CY  - Oxford
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Taylor, Simon,
KW  - Enslavers
KW  - Jamaica
KW  - History
KW  - 18th century
KW  - Slaveholders
KW  - Slavery
KW  - Sugar plantations
KW  - Plantation life
KW  - Sources
KW  - Antislavery movements
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; 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; 2; b
N2  - The story of the struggle over slavery in the British empire --; "The sugar planter Simon Taylor, who claimed ownership of over 2,248 enslaved people in Jamaica at the point of his death in 1813, was one of the wealthiest slaveholders ever to have lived in the British empire ...  However, a tumultuous period that saw the American, French, and Haitian Revolutions, as well as the rise of the abolitionist movement, witnessed new attacks on slavery and challenged the power of a once-confident slaveholder elite. In White Fury, Christer Petley uses Taylor's rich and expressive letters to allow us an intimate glimpse into the aspirations and frustrations of a wealthy and powerful British slaveholder during the Age of Revolution. The letters provide a fascinating insight into the merciless machinery and unpredictable hazards of the Jamaican plantation world; into the ambitions of planters who used the great wealth they extracted from Jamaica to join the ranks of the British elite; and into the impact of wars, revolutions, and fierce political struggles that led, eventually, to the reform of the exploitative slave system that Taylor had helped build...and which he defended right up until the last weak scratches of his pen"--From publisher's description
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