EPISODE · Dec 13, 2022 · 32 MIN
Dr. Erin Trahey, 'Power Ever Follows Property: Sugar Heiresses and the Devises Act of 1761'
from Cambridge American History Seminar Podcast · host Cambridge American History Seminar Podcast
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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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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