The Freedom of Speech
Talk and Slavery in the Anglo-Caribbean World
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List of Abbreviations
Introduction: With One Little Blast of Their Mouths: Speech, Humanity, and Slavery
One: On Our Bare Word: Oath Taking, Evidence Giving, and the Law
Two: The Deliberative Voice: Politics, Speech, and Liberty
Three: Master, I Can Cure You: Talking Plants in the Sugar Islands
Four: They Must Be Talked to One to One: Speaking with the Spirits
Five: They Talk about Free: Abolition, Freedom, and the Politics of Speech
Last Words
Notes
Index
Geography: Cultural and Historical Geography
History: Discoveries and Exploration | General History | Latin American History
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