Recollections of a West-Indian Home and Slave-Insurrection

Authors

  • Dora Richards Miller
  • Kristoffer Friis Bøegh Utrecht University, Aarhus University
  • Peter Bakker Aarhus University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7146/sss.v15i2.152270

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Published

2024-12-20

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Miller, D. R., Bøegh, K. F., & Bakker, P. (2024). Recollections of a West-Indian Home and Slave-Insurrection. Scandinavian Studies in Language, 15(2), 107–159. https://doi.org/10.7146/sss.v15i2.152270