Mastery, Tyranny, and Desire: Thomas Thistlewood and His Slaves in the Anglo-Jamaican WorldEighteenth-century Jamaica, Britain's largest and most valuable slave-owning colony, relied on a brutal system of slave management to maintain its tenuous social order. Trevor Burnard provides unparalleled insight into Jamaica's vibrant but harsh African |
Contents
The Gray Zone An Introduction to Thomas Thistlewood and His Diaries | 1 |
Mastery and Competency Thistlewood Earns a Living | 37 |
Cowskin Heroes Thistlewood Slavery and White Egalitarianism | 69 |
In the Scientific Manner Thistlewood and the Practical Enlightenment in a Slavery Regime | 101 |
Weapons of the Strong and Responses of the Weak Thistlewoods War with His Slaves | 137 |
Cooperation and Contestation Intimacy and Distance Thistlewood and His Male Slaves | 175 |
Adaptation Accommodation and Resistance Thistlewoods Slave Women and Their Responses to Enslavement | 209 |
The Life and Times of Thomas Thistlewood EsquireGardener and Slave Owner | 241 |
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