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049 _aMAIN
100 1 _aLivesay, Daniel,
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245 1 0 _aChildren of uncertain fortune :
_bmixed-race Jamaicans in Britain and the Atlantic family, 1733-1833 /
_cDaniel Livesay.
260 _aWilliamsburg, Virginia :
_bOmohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture ;
_c(c)2018.
260 _aChapel Hill :
_bUniversity of North Carolina Press,
_c(c)2018.
300 _a1 online resource.
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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520 0 _a"By tracing the largely forgotten eighteenth-century migration of elite mixed-race individuals from Jamaica to Great Britain, "Children of Uncertain Fortune" reinterprets the evolution of British racial ideologies as a matter of negotiating family membership. Using wills, legal petitions, family correspondences, and inheritance lawsuits, Daniel Livesay ... follow[s] the hundreds of children born to white planters and Caribbean women of color who crossed the ocean for educational opportunities, professional apprenticeships, marriage prospects, or refuge from colonial prejudices"--
_cProvided by publisher.
505 0 0 _aCover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; List of Illustrations; Abbreviations; Note on Terminology; Introduction; 1 Inheritance, Family, and Mixed-Race Jamaicans, 1700-1761; 2 Early Abolitionism and Mixed-Race Migration into Britain, 1762-1778; 3 Lineage and Litigation, 1783-1788; 4 Abolition, Revolution, and Migration, 1788-1793; 5 Tales of Two Families, 1793-1800; 6 Imperial Pressures, 1800-1812; 7 New Struggles and Old Ideas, 1813-1833; Conclusion
505 0 0 _aAppendix 1. Percentage of White Men's Wills, Proven in Jamaica, with Acknowledged Mixed-Race Children That Include Bequests for Such Offspring in Britain, Either Presently Resident, or Soon to Be Sent There, 1773-1815; Appendix 2. Genealogical Charts; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; Y; Z
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650 0 _aRacially mixed people
_zJamaica
_xSocial conditions
_xHistory
_y18th century.
650 0 _aRacially mixed people
_zJamaica
_xSocial conditions
_xHistory
_y19th century.
650 0 _aRacially mixed people
_zGreat Britain
_xSocial conditions
_xHistory
_y18th century.
650 0 _aRacially mixed people
_zGreat Britain
_xSocial conditions
_xHistory
_y19th century.
650 0 _aRacially mixed people
_xCivil rights
_zJamaica
_xHistory
_y18th century.
650 0 _aRacially mixed people
_xCivil rights
_zGreat Britain
_xHistory
_y18th century.
650 0 _aRacially mixed people
_xCivil rights
_zJamaica
_xHistory
_y19th century.
650 0 _aRacially mixed people
_xCivil rights
_zGreat Britain
_xHistory
_y19th century.
655 1 _aElectronic Books.
856 4 0 _uhttps://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1683183&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518
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_bCynthia Snell
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_dCynthia Snell