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Powerless masters: The curious decline of Jamaican sugar planters in the foundational period of British Abolitionism (2011)
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Burnard, T. (2011). Powerless masters: The curious decline of Jamaican sugar planters in the foundational period of British Abolitionism. Slavery & Abolition, 32(2), 185-198. https://doi.org/10.1080/0144039X.2011.568231

This essay focuses on the competing identities that came to be associated with British West Indians during the foundational period of British abolitionism. The essay evaluates the competing images of the West Indian planter class, paying particular a... Read More about Powerless masters: The curious decline of Jamaican sugar planters in the foundational period of British Abolitionism.