Great house rules :
Beckles, Hilary, 1955-
Great house rules : landless emancipation and workers' protest in Barbados, 1838-1938 / Hilary McD. Beckles. - Kingston ; Miami : Oxford : I. Randle ; J. Currey, 2004. - xvii, 210 pages ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 194-204) and index.
The hundred year war, 1838-1938 -- Free blacks before emancipation -- A landless freedom: the emancipation process, 1838-1863 -- Emancipation betrayed : struggle for freedom begins, 1838-1897 -- The war of General Green: 1876. Rebellion against post-emancipation slavery -- Democracy from below: the new grassroots politics: 1897-1937.
"When Emancipation came in 1838, Blacks in Barbados i magined that the terms of their everyday lives would undergo radical change. Instead, an unrelenting 'landless freedom' would be violently imposed upon a community whose conditions of life and work remained largely unchanged, on plantations that produced more sugar with less labour for below subsistence wages." "It was the rule of the Great House that subverted the promise of Emancipation. This is the story of the post-Emancipation betrayal of 83,000 Blacks in Barbados; it is also a narration of how these Blacks prepared for persistent resistance and civil war as the only means to effectively break the rule of the Great House and established preconditions for genuine Emancipation. The battles over progress were fought on the plantations, in the streets, in the courts, in the Legislative Councils and wherever Blacks recognised sites to effect change. This chain of organised rebellion was linked to produce the 1876 rebellion." "Against this background of 19th century popular protest and workers' agitation, the modern labour movement, the anti-colonial campaign and the agitation for democratic governance came to maturity by the 1920s. The final breach in the walls of the structure of white supremacy was achieved in 1937 when, under the ideological leadership of Clement Payne, workers took to the streets and fields with arms."--BOOK JACKET.
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010350479 Uk 0852554931 Uk
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Labor disputes--History--Barbados--19th century.
Labor disputes--History--Barbados--20th century.
Blacks--Economic conditions--Barbados--19th century.
Blacks--Economic conditions--Barbados--20th century.
Slaves--Emancipation--Barbados.
Blacks--Economic conditions.
Labor disputes.
Race relations.
Slaves--Emancipation.
Protestbewegung.
Geschichte 1838-1938.
Barbados--Race relations--History--19th century.
Barbados--Race relations--History--20th century.
Barbados.
Barbados.
Schwarze.
History.
HD5344.57.A6 / B43 2004
331.89/089/96072981
Great house rules : landless emancipation and workers' protest in Barbados, 1838-1938 / Hilary McD. Beckles. - Kingston ; Miami : Oxford : I. Randle ; J. Currey, 2004. - xvii, 210 pages ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 194-204) and index.
The hundred year war, 1838-1938 -- Free blacks before emancipation -- A landless freedom: the emancipation process, 1838-1863 -- Emancipation betrayed : struggle for freedom begins, 1838-1897 -- The war of General Green: 1876. Rebellion against post-emancipation slavery -- Democracy from below: the new grassroots politics: 1897-1937.
"When Emancipation came in 1838, Blacks in Barbados i magined that the terms of their everyday lives would undergo radical change. Instead, an unrelenting 'landless freedom' would be violently imposed upon a community whose conditions of life and work remained largely unchanged, on plantations that produced more sugar with less labour for below subsistence wages." "It was the rule of the Great House that subverted the promise of Emancipation. This is the story of the post-Emancipation betrayal of 83,000 Blacks in Barbados; it is also a narration of how these Blacks prepared for persistent resistance and civil war as the only means to effectively break the rule of the Great House and established preconditions for genuine Emancipation. The battles over progress were fought on the plantations, in the streets, in the courts, in the Legislative Councils and wherever Blacks recognised sites to effect change. This chain of organised rebellion was linked to produce the 1876 rebellion." "Against this background of 19th century popular protest and workers' agitation, the modern labour movement, the anti-colonial campaign and the agitation for democratic governance came to maturity by the 1920s. The final breach in the walls of the structure of white supremacy was achieved in 1937 when, under the ideological leadership of Clement Payne, workers took to the streets and fields with arms."--BOOK JACKET.
9766370850 9789766370855 0852554931 9780852554937
2004403861
GBA418386 bnb
010350479 Uk 0852554931 Uk
1800-1999
Labor disputes--History--Barbados--19th century.
Labor disputes--History--Barbados--20th century.
Blacks--Economic conditions--Barbados--19th century.
Blacks--Economic conditions--Barbados--20th century.
Slaves--Emancipation--Barbados.
Blacks--Economic conditions.
Labor disputes.
Race relations.
Slaves--Emancipation.
Protestbewegung.
Geschichte 1838-1938.
Barbados--Race relations--History--19th century.
Barbados--Race relations--History--20th century.
Barbados.
Barbados.
Schwarze.
History.
HD5344.57.A6 / B43 2004
331.89/089/96072981