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Degrees of freedom in the Caribbean: archaeological explorations of transitions from slavery

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Douglas V. Armstrong
Douglas V. Armstrong*
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*Maxwell School, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA (Email: darmstrong@maxwell.syr.edu)
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Abstract

The anniversary of the abolition of slavery was justly celebrated worldwide in 2007. But what is the character of freedom, how does it relate to material culture, and how can archaeology study it? The author here summarises ideas he has been developing in Jamaica and York over the past two years.

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Caribbeantheoryslaveryproperty
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Antiquity , Volume 84 , Issue 323 , March 2010 , pp. 146 - 160
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd 2010

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