Abstract
Jamaica Ladies: Female Slaveholders and the Creation of Britain’s Atlantic Empire, by Christine Walker
Highlights
Via free access book reviews that they might appear to be terse, dry lists obscured by repetitive legalese can make them off-putting to use
In Walker’s hands their evidence comes to life and presents a new picture of colonial Jamaica. Her quantitative analysis of 2000 parish register entries reveals a high rate of baptisms of children born out of wedlock, including many instances when both the father and mother were White islanders, which helps demonstrate attitudes to sex and marriage in Jamaica that diverged considerably from those either in Britain or in colonial North America
Jamaica Ladies charts the transformation of a Caribbean colony
Summary
New West Indian Guide via free access book reviews that they might appear to be terse, dry lists obscured by repetitive legalese can make them off-putting to use. Christine Walker’s Jamaica Ladies begins with the tale of Elizabeth Keyhorne writing her will in the burgeoning port of Kingston, in 1713.
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