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Sarah Gray Cary from Boston to Grenada - Shifting Fortunes of an American Family, 1764-1826

Shifting Fortunes of an American Family, 1764-1826

Imbarrato, Susan Clair (Minnesota State University Moorhead)

Sarah Gray Cary from Boston to Grenada - Shifting Fortunes of an American Family, 1764-1826

Sarah Gray Cary from Boston to Grenada - Shifting Fortunes of an American Family, 1764-1826

Shifting Fortunes of an American Family, 1764-1826

Sarah Gray Cary from Boston to Grenada - Shifting Fortunes of an American Family, 1764-1826

 

"Susan Imbarrato tells the story of the Cary family of Chelsea, Massachusetts, who prospered as plantation owners and managers for nearly two decades in Grenada before their fortunes were substantially reversed following the slave revolts of 1795-1796 that upended the sugar trade and marked a significant turning point in the family's financial and social well-being.

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Beschrijving Sarah Gray Cary from Boston to Grenada - Shifting Fortunes of an American Family, 1764-1826

Sarah Gray Cary from Boston to Grenada offers a rare female perspective on colonial America and Caribbean plantation life and provides a unique view of a seminal period of early American history.

ISBN
9781421424613
Pagina's
248
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NUR
680
Druk
1
Uitvoering
Hardback
Taal
Engels
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Johns Hopkins University Press

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