Edward Long
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Edward Long was an 18th-century British colonial administrator and historian best known for his influential and deeply racist three-volume work "The History of Jamaica."
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| Edward Long canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
British person
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colonial administrator ⓘ human ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 18th century ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ |
| describedAs | influential in shaping British attitudes toward race and slavery in the 18th century ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | English ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Caribbean history
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colonial history ⓘ |
| genre | history ⓘ |
| ideology |
scientific racism
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white supremacy ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | Edward Long NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork | The History of Jamaica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notedFor | deeply racist views on Africans and people of African descent ⓘ |
| occupation |
colonial administrator
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historian ⓘ planter ⓘ slave owner ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
England
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Jamaica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionOnSlavery | supporter of chattel slavery ⓘ |
| subjectOf | scholarly criticism for racism ⓘ |
| viewedAs | key intellectual defender of slavery in the British Caribbean ⓘ |
| workCharacterization | The History of Jamaica is widely regarded as a foundational text of anti-Black racism in the Anglophone world NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workFocusesOn | Jamaica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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