British West Indian Slavery, 1750-1834
Title | British West Indian Slavery, 1750-1834 PDF eBook |
Author | J. R. Ward |
Publisher | |
Pages | 320 |
Release | 1991 |
Genre | Plantation life |
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British West Indian Slavery, 1750-1834
Title | British West Indian Slavery, 1750-1834 PDF eBook |
Author | J. R. Ward |
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Pages | |
Release | 1988 |
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British West Indian Slavery, 1750-1834
Title | British West Indian Slavery, 1750-1834 PDF eBook |
Author | J. R. Ward |
Publisher | |
Pages | 372 |
Release | 1988 |
Genre | History |
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The first account of Caribbean slavery to draw from the plantation records of several different sugar colonies, this book examines the attempts made by British West Indian planters to improve the treatment of their slaves, partly in response to the anti-slavery movement. Ward argues that although the measures taken did raise the standard of living and productive efficiency of plantation slaves, "amelioration" contained serious weaknesses that made it ultimately ineffective as a means of defending the institution of slavery. Though focused on the British West Indies, the book's main theme--the potential for reform and economic development in slave-based societies--will hold wider significance for a variety of economic and social historians.
Contrary Voices
Title | Contrary Voices PDF eBook |
Author | Karina Williamson |
Publisher | |
Pages | 546 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | History |
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Highlights variations in representations of West Indian slavery by drawing on a range of testimonies, especially those of the enslaved themselves. This work focuses on representations based principally on first-hand experience or observation of slavery in the then British West Indies.
Slave Populations of the British Caribbean, 1807-1834
Title | Slave Populations of the British Caribbean, 1807-1834 PDF eBook |
Author | B. W. Higman |
Publisher | University of the West Indies Press |
Pages | 830 |
Release | 1995 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9789766400101 |
Reprint of work that originally appeared in 1984. Excellent and thorough treatment of major demographic aspects of British Caribbean slavery from abolition of slave trade to slave emancipation. Draws heavily on extensive data available from slave registration returns for various islands to provide comparative perspective of nature of slave life. Excellent tables and figures. Essential for serious scholars of the region. -Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58
The Slavery of the British West India Colonies Delineated: Being a delineation of the state in point of law
Title | The Slavery of the British West India Colonies Delineated: Being a delineation of the state in point of law PDF eBook |
Author | James Stephen |
Publisher | |
Pages | 572 |
Release | 1824 |
Genre | Antislavery movements |
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The West India Question Practically Considered
Title | The West India Question Practically Considered PDF eBook |
Author | Sir Robert Wilmot Horton |
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Pages | 132 |
Release | 1826 |
Genre | Slavery |
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