Search Results - "Jamaicans"

Mastery, tyranny, and desire Thomas Thistlewood and his slaves in the Anglo-Jamaican world / by Burnard, Trevor G. (Trevor Graeme)

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Mahogany the costs of luxury in early America / by Anderson, Jennifer L., 1966-

Table of Contents: “…A new species of elegance -- The gold standard of Jamaican mahogany -- Supplying the Empire -- The bitters and the sweets of trade -- Slavery in the rainforest -- Redefining mahogany in the Early Republic -- Mastering nature and the challenge of mahogany -- Democratizing mahogany and the advent of steam -- An old species of elegance.…”
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