The first black slave society : Britain's "barbarity time" in Barbados, 1636-1876 / Hilary McD. Beckles.

By:

Beckles, Hilary, 1955- [author.]

Kingston, Jamaica : The University of the West Indies Press, 2016�2016Description: xv, 296 pages ; 23 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9789766405854
9766405859

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

History.

DDC classification:

972.981 23

LOC classification:

HT1105.B3 B335 2016

Contents:

Part 1. Creating the black slave society -- Part 2. "A well constituted society" -- Part 3. The end of delusion -- Part 4. Ending the "barbarity time."

Summary: Book describes the brutal Black slave society and plantation system of Barbados and explains how this slave chattel model was perfected by the British and exported to Jamaica and South Carolina for profit. There is special emphasis on the role of the concept of white supremacy in shaping social structure and economic relations that allowed slavery to continue. The book concludes with information on how slavery was finally outlawed in Barbados, in spite of white resistance.

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Item type	Current library	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Barcode
Books	National Library of Jamaica	Rare Books Floor	972.981, Ja Bec (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	1000000112600
Books	National Library of Jamaica	Rare Books Floor	972.981, Ja Bec (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	1000000040025
Books	National Library of Jamaica	Rare Books Floor	972.981, Ja Bec (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	1000000119802
Books	National Library of Jamaica	Rare Books Floor	972.981, Ja Bec (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	1000000104108

Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-284) and index.

Part 1. Creating the black slave society -- Part 2. "A well constituted society" -- Part 3. The end of delusion -- Part 4. Ending the "barbarity time."

Book describes the brutal Black slave society and plantation system of Barbados and explains how this slave chattel model was perfected by the British and exported to Jamaica and South Carolina for profit. There is special emphasis on the role of the concept of white supremacy in shaping social structure and economic relations that allowed slavery to continue. The book concludes with information on how slavery was finally outlawed in Barbados, in spite of white resistance.

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