Slave Populations of the British Caribbean, 1807-1834
Slave Populations of the British Caribbean, 1807-1834

Author: B. W. Higman

Publisher: University of the West Indies Press

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 830

ISBN-13: 9789766400101

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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

Slave Population and Economy in Jamaica, 1807-1834
Slave Population and Economy in Jamaica, 1807-1834

Author: B. W. Higman

Publisher: University of the West Indies Press

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 354

ISBN-13: 9789766400088

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First published in 1976 (see HLAS 40:2983), work is a masterful analysis of the dynamics of slave labor in the economic growth of early-19th-century Jamaica. Discusses various characteristics of slave and free-colored population including mortality, birth rates, manumission, distribution, and structure, as well as jobs performed on island as a whole. Contains excellent statistical tables and new introduction by author. -Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58

Slavery, Freedom and Gender
Slavery, Freedom and Gender

Author: Brian L. Moore

Publisher:

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 9789766401375

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A collection of lectures delivered between 1987 and 1998. The book is divided into two sections: slavery and freedom, which features critical research on slavery and post-emancipation society, and gender.

Slave Population and the Economy in Jamaica, 1807-1834
Slave Population and the Economy in Jamaica, 1807-1834

Author: B. W. Higman

Publisher:

Published: 1976

Total Pages: 334

ISBN-13: 9780608133102

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"First published in 1976 (see HLAS 40:2983), work is a masterful analysis of the dynamics of slave labor in the economic growth of early-19th-century Jamaica. Discusses various characteristics of slave and free-colored population including mortality, birth rates, manumission, distribution, and structure, as well as jobs performed on island as a whole. Contains excellent statistical tables and new introduction by author"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

Slave Society in the Danish West Indies
Slave Society in the Danish West Indies

Author: N. A. T. Hall

Publisher:

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 318

ISBN-13: 9789764100294

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This volume is an account of the development and destruction of slavery in St Thomas, St John and St Croix, the Caribbean islands which today comprise the US Virgin Islands. The book sees slavery as fundamental to the entire fabric of colonial society, and pays particular attention to the social and political life of the whites and freedmen in interaction with the slaves.

Montpelier, Jamaica
Montpelier, Jamaica

Author: B. W. Higman

Publisher: University of the West Indies Press

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 412

ISBN-13:

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This detailed study of the life of a Jamaican plantation community during slavery and the post-emancipation period is based on archaeological investigations as well as more traditional documentary sources. The family and household structure of the slave population is analysed and linked to the physical layout of the village. A comprehensive picture of the material culture of the plantation workers is facilitated by sources, and covers everything from foodways to clothing, ornament and architecture.

Doctors and Slaves
Doctors and Slaves

Author: Richard B. Sheridan

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2009-03-12

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780521102384

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In this study Professor Sheridan presents a rich and wide-ranging account of the health care of slaves in the British West Indies, from 1680-1834. He demonstrates that while Caribbean island settlements were viewed by mercantile statesmen and economists as ideal colonies, the physical and medical realities were very different. The study is based on wide research in archival materials in Great Britain, the West Indies and the United States. By steeping himself in the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century sources, Professor Sheridan is able to recreate the milieu of a past era: he tells us what the slave doctors wrote and how they functioned, and he presents a storehouse of information on how and why the slaves sickened and died. By bringing together these diverse medical demographic and economic sources, Professor Sheridan casts new light on the history of slavery in the Americas.