Candlin, Kit, author.
Athens, Georgia : The University of Georgia Press, [2015]
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Part of the series Race in the Atlantic world, 1700-1900;Race in the Atlantic world, 1700-1900.
Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Introduction: Elisabeth and her sisters — The Free Colored moment — Bars, brothels, and business — By labors and fidelity — A lasting testament of gratitude — The Queen of Demerara — By habit and repute — Uncertain prospects.
- In the Caribbean colony of Grenada in 1797, Dorothy Thomas signed the manumission documents for her elderly slave Betty. Thomas owned dozens of slaves and was well on her way to amassing the fortune that would make her the richest black resident in the nearby colony of Demerara. What made the transaction notable was that Betty was Dorothy Thomas’s mother and that fifteen years earlier Dorothy had purchased her own freedom and that of her children. Although she was just one remove from bondage, Dorothy Thomas managed to become so rich and powerful that she was known as the Queen of Demerara. –Provided by publisher.
Subjects:
- Racially mixed women — Caribbean Area — History — 19th century.
- Women, Black — Caribbean Area — History — 19th century.
- Businesswomen — Caribbean Area — History — 19th century.
- Social stratification — Caribbean Area — History — 18th century.
- 1700 – 1899 fast
- History. fast (OCoLC)fst01411628
Requested by Lansing, M.