Ordinary People, Extraordinary Times. Living the British Empire in Jamaica, 1756, Hardback/Sheryllynne Haggerty

A collection of around 350 letters bound for London from Jamaica reveals much about colonial life in 1756. Ordinary People, Extraordinary Times paints a picture of the daily life of poor and middling whites, free people of colour, and enslaved people against the backdrop of transatlantic slavery in Jamaica and the eighteenth-century British Empire. Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press Author(s): Sheryllynne Haggerty Illustration(s): 26 photos, 2 tables Number of pages: 368 Publication date: 2023 Dimensions: 163 x 236 x 29 Cover type: Hardback