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“[M]anaged at first as if they were beasts”: The seasoning of enslaved Africans in eighteenth-century Jamaica

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“[M]anaged at first as if they were beasts”: The seasoning of enslaved Africans in eighteenth-century Jamaica. / Radburn, Nicholas.
In: Journal of Global Slavery, Vol. 6, No. 1, 31.01.2021, p. 11-30.

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Radburn, N 2021, '“[M]anaged at first as if they were beasts”: The seasoning of enslaved Africans in eighteenth-century Jamaica', Journal of Global Slavery, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 11-30. https://doi.org/10.1163/2405836X-00601008

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Radburn, N. (2021). “[M]anaged at first as if they were beasts”: The seasoning of enslaved Africans in eighteenth-century Jamaica. Journal of Global Slavery, 6(1), 11-30. https://doi.org/10.1163/2405836X-00601008

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Radburn N. “[M]anaged at first as if they were beasts”: The seasoning of enslaved Africans in eighteenth-century Jamaica. Journal of Global Slavery. 2021 Jan 31;6(1):11-30. Epub 2021 Jan 29. doi: 10.1163/2405836X-00601008

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Radburn, Nicholas. / “[M]anaged at first as if they were beasts” : The seasoning of enslaved Africans in eighteenth-century Jamaica. In: Journal of Global Slavery. 2021 ; Vol. 6, No. 1. pp. 11-30.

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