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Welch, Pedro L. V.

Slave society in the city : Bridgetown, Barbados, 1680-1834 / Pedro L.V. Welch. - Kingston ; Miami : Oxford : I. Randle ; J. Currey, 2003. - xv, 253 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-246) and index.

Uncovering the Urban Matrix -- Urban Ecology in Colonial Barbados: The Emergence and Growth of Bridgetown -- Bridgetown as Port Town: The Maritime Economy -- Bridgetown as Port Town: Interface with Urban Society -- Demographic Characteristics of the Urban Population -- White Life in an Urban Slave Community -- Life and Leisure in the Urban Slave Community -- In Search of the Ostrehans and their Contemporaries -- Reflections. Ch. I. Ch. II. Ch. III. Ch. IV. Ch. V. Ch. VI. Ch. VII. Ch. VIII. Ch. IX.

ISBN: 0974215546 9780974215549 0974215554 9780974215556 9766371474 9789766371470 9766371679 9789766371678 0852559992 9780852559994

LCCN: 2003710225

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA4W8390 bnb

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Slavery--History.--Barbados--Bridgetown
Slaves--Social conditions.--Barbados--Bridgetown
Slavery.
Slaves--Social conditions.
Sklaverei.
Sklaverei.
Geschichte 1680-1834.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Bridgetown (Barbados)--History.
Barbados--Bridgetown.
Bridgetown.
Bridgetown (Barbados)

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
History.

LC Class. No.: HT1105.B3 / W45 2003

Dewey Class. No.: 306.3/62/0972981