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EPISODE · Dec 13, 2022 · 32 MIN

Dr. Erin Trahey, 'Power Ever Follows Property: Sugar Heiresses and the Devises Act of 1761'

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In this episode, Dr. Erin Trahey, Assistant Professor of Early American History at Cambridge, discusses a chapter from her upcoming book project, Free Women of Jamaica: Property, Race and Power in Jamaican Slave Society 1760-1834, entitled: "Power Ever Follows Property: Sugar Heiresses and the Devises Act of 1761." Take a dive into the racial, gender, and class hierarchies of colonial Jamaica with Dr. Trahey, and PhD students Shea Hendry and Hugh Wood.

In this episode, Dr. Erin Trahey, Assistant Professor of Early American History at Cambridge, discusses a chapter from her upcoming book project, Free Women of Jamaica: Property, Race and Power in Jamaican Slave Society 1760-1834, entitled: "Power Ever Follows Property: Sugar Heiresses and the Devises Act of 1761." Take a dive into the racial, gender, and class hierarchies of colonial Jamaica with Dr. Trahey, and PhD students Shea Hendry and Hugh Wood.

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