Title White fury : a Jamaican slaveholder and the age of revolution / Christer Petley

Edition First edition Published Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 291 pages) : illustrations, maps Contents 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 Summary The story of the struggle over slavery in the British empire -- as told through the rich, expressive, and frequently shocking letters of Simon Taylor, one of the wealthiest British slaveholders ever to have lived "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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-281) and index Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed October 02, 2018) Subject Taylor, Simon, Esq. Taylor, Simon, Esq. -- Correspondence Enslavers -- Jamaica -- History -- 18th century Slaveholders -- Jamaica -- History -- 18th century Slavery -- Jamaica -- History -- 18th century Sugar plantations -- Jamaica -- History -- 18th century Plantation life -- Jamaica -- History -- 18th century -- Sources Antislavery movements -- Great Britain -- History Enslavement POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture. Slaveholders. History. Slavery. Social conditions SUBJECT Jamaica -- Social conditions -- 18th century Subject Jamaica Genre/Form History Form Electronic book Author Taylor, Simon, Esq. ISBN 9780192509352 0192509357

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