Dr. Erin Trahey, 'Power Ever Follows Property: Sugar Heiresses and the Devises Act of 1761'

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Previously titled “Dr. Erin Trahey, "Power Ever Follows Property: Sugar Heiresses and the Devises Act of 1761" - 2/12/22” — renamed by the publisher on Aug 8, 2026

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Recorded13 Dec 2022

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In this episode, Dr. Erin Trahey, Assistant Professor of Early American History at Cambridge, discusses a chapter from her upcoming book project, Free Women of Jamaica: Property, Race and Power in Jamaican Slave Society 1760-1834, entitled: "Power Ever Follows Property: Sugar Heiresses and the Devises Act of 1761." Take a dive into the racial, gender, and class hierarchies of colonial Jamaica with Dr. Trahey, and PhD students Shea Hendry and Hugh Wood.

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