Caribbean slavery in the atlantic world book

In surviving slavery in the british caribbean, randy m. Slavery and the enlightenment and the price of emancipation are geographically wideranging histories, stretching from the british isles to the american mid atlantic and the caribbean. The earliest interactions between europeans and indigenous peoples in the new world took place in the caribbean, as columbus first made landfall in the region and sparked subsequent exploration and contact. Atlantic africa and the spanish caribbean, 15701640. At the height of atlantic world piracy around 1720, some 2,000 pirates were attacking ships and threatening trade. Barbados in the atlantic world atlantic history oxford bibliographies. With so much valuable cargo crisscrossing the atlantic, piracy flourished. The contributors discuss what slavery has to teach us about patterns of adjustment and change, black identity and the. Mercantilism, slavery and the industrial revolution. From slavery to emancipation in the atlantic world book. War, trade, and slavery in the atlantic world published by the omohundro institute of early american history and culture and the university of north carolina press. Slavery in the british and french caribbean wikipedia. The history of slavery originally was the history of the governments laws and policies toward slavery, and the political debates about it.

Slave owners in the caribbean and elsewhere established governments and legal codes based on an ideology of protestant supremacy, which excluded the majority of enslaved men and women. History of the caribbean traces the fate of a group of small islands whose natural resources transformed them first into some of the wealthiest places on earth and then into some of the poorest. There is a focus on anti slavery consciousness and politics. Jan 01, 1997 caribbean slavery in the atlantic world book. Sugar plantation and capitalism played huge roles in enlarging and prolonging slavery from 1661 to 1832 in french and british colonies. The middle passage was the stage of the triangular trade in which millions of africans were forcibly transported to the new world as part of the atlantic slave trade. Surviving slavery in the british caribbean randy m. By 1830, roughly 2 million slaves toiled in the united states. For inspiration, williams has cited, among others, the oeuvre of lowell ragatz, an influential american historian of the british caribbean, as well as the work of frank pitman. Emancipation day in the black atlantic world, freedoms seekers. Members of the group have leadership positions at the john carter brown library among the world s best rare book libraries for the americas in the atlantic world and the center for the study of slavery and justice, and are active in the center for latin american and caribbean. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. Apr 20, 2000 caribbean slavery in the atlantic world by verene shepherd, 9780852557679, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Atlantic slave societies were notorious deathtraps.

Caribbean slavery in the atlantic world by verene a. Thousands of individuals were involved in maintaining and eradicating the slave system, as well as claiming and fighting compensation. To tell the stories of european expansion, african migration, and the evolution of the new world without the transatlantic slave trade and the people it. Christian slavery is an important contribution to the field of race, religion, and slavery in the early colonial caribbean and american south for several reasons. Death and power in the world of atlantic slavery, described the miserable conditions that prevailed in jamaica after the british seized. Beckles, hilary caribbean slavery in the atlantic world. Those engaged in the trade were driven by the huge. Atlantic world and caribbean suggested reading list. Chapter 67 of the book caribbean slavery in the atlantic world. Atlantic world department of history brown university. The sexual exploitation of female slaves in the danish. This seminar situates british north american slavery in this broader atlantic.

This is a completely revised and expanded version of caribbean slave society and economy which has become a standard text in colleges and universities on both sides of the atlantic. Slave owners in the caribbean and elsewhere established governments and legal codes based on an ideology of protestant supremacy, which excluded the majority of enslaved men and women from. How europe became the dominant section of a world wide trade system walter rodney. Caribbean slavery in the atlantic world by hilary mcd. Caribbean slavery in the atlantic world book depository. Apr 06, 2020 transatlantic slave trade, part of the global slave trade that transported 1012 million enslaved africans to the americas from the 16th to the 19th century. Black history was promoted very largely at black colleges. The making of an atlantic world slavery and remembrance. Apr 18, 2019 katharine gerbners new book, christian slavery. There isnt a single comprehensive book covering asian indentured servitude in the caribbean. Capitalism and slavery represents a dramatic departure from traditional, british imperial historiography as it had been written since the slavery abolition act of 1833.

Bibliography includes bibliographical references p. Caribbean slavery in the atlantic world is an exaustive compilation of scholarly journal articles covering the full range of contemporary scholarship on carribean slavery. Browne is assistant professor of history at xavier university in cincinnati, ohio, and a specialist on slavery and colonialism in the atlantic world, especially the british caribbean. Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. War, trade, and slavery in the atlantic world published by the omohundro institute of early american history and culture and the university of north carolina press by elena a. Examines a greater caribbean world that includes the southeastern. This new volume is made up of 17 sections comprising more than 70 articles which makes it the most comprehensive text of its kind available anywhere.

Nov 12, 2018 in jamaica, by contrast, whites fought a losing political battle against caribbean rebels and british abolitionists who acted through parliament. Hist6097 slavery in the atlantic world university of southampton. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. In the triangular trade, arms and textiles went from europe to africa, slaves from africa to the americas, and sugar and coffee from the americas to europe. Atlantic slavery atlantic history oxford bibliographies. Slavetrade caribbean area history slavery slavery caribbean area history. A short history of slavery in the caribbean youtube. The result is a landmark in the history of the british and spanish atlantic worlds. The series is also multidisciplinary, exploring the subjects of antislavery and abolition in as many revealing and imaginative ways as possible. I would be thrilled if instructors used my chapter on the legal construction of whiteness in barbados, for example, to talk more generally about the. Both are available for purchase through old norths online gift shop.

Barbados, settled by europeans in 1627, was among the first permanent english colonies in the americas, and it was where the english variant of racebased plantation slavery first took root. This volume reflects the main themes of research a. Women, slavery, and the atlantic world 5 tural history, in addition to a bevy of more traditional primary sources, in pursuit of the nearly invisible charity folks. Surviving slavery in the british caribbean was recently published by the university of pennsylvania press. A chapter from the book caribbean slavery in the atlantic world. In all, nearly 400,000 africans were sold to britains north american colonies. Each of the 17 sections has a short introduction which provide. The mere fact that this is the first time anyone is writing on and contributing to asian indentured servitude in atlantic history reveals the marginalization of the field at the international, national and regional level. Chapter 36 of the book caribbean slavery in the atlantic world. Once in north america, however, the slave population steadily grew. Christian slavery katharine gerbner university of pennsylvania.

Brownes book on berbice gets us more deeply into the lives of enslaved people. Eliga gould, university of new hampshire at every level, from its treatment of geopolitics in the atlantic world to its finegrained social history, this is a splendid book. The situation changed dramatically with the coming of the civil rights movement of the 1950s. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. Her focus on the caribbean islands is vital, given the fact that slavery there far outweighed slavery on. Review of capitalism and slavery by eric williams the. Rebeccas revival is the remarkable story of a caribbean womana slave turned evangelistwho helped inspire the rise of black christianity in the atlantic world. This series from lsu press is strongly transnational, featuring books bearing on antislavery and abolition in any locale within the atlantic world. The atlantic slavery project the indigenous peoples conquest, resistance and representation imperialism and colonial slavery servitude, slavery and new economic orders slavery, finance and trade the work culture of the enslaved slavery and capitalist globalization the first phase slavery and. Nielsen book data summary this volume reflects the main themes of research and publications on the sociology and economics of slavery, illustrating the dynamic relations between modes of production and social life. Click download or read online button to get caribbean slavery in the atlantic world book now. By the 1480s, portuguese ships were already transporting africans for use as slaves on the sugar plantations in the cape verde and madeira islands in the eastern atlantic. Mar 26, 2018 in christian slavery, katharine gerbner contends that religion was fundamental to the development of both slavery and race in the protestant atlantic world. It discusses the efforts by slaves to be free, particularly in the eighteenth and nineteenth century.

Antislavery, abolition, and the atlantic world book series. The caribbean and the atlantic world economy circuits of trade. Traders from the americas and caribbean received the enslaved africans. Jul 08, 2014 capitalism and slavery represents a dramatic departure from traditional, british imperial historiography as it had been written since the slavery abolition act of 1833. It focuses on the struggles by slaves in livestock farms in jamaica during the period. Caribbean slavery in the atlantic world open library. Caribbean slavery in the atlantic world hilary beckles, verene shepherd on. Caribbean slavery in the atlantic world by verene shepherd, 9780852557679, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Rugemers comparative history spanning two hundred years of slave law and political resistance illuminates the evolution and ultimate collapse of slave societies in the atlantic world. Barbados in the atlantic world atlantic history oxford. Grounded in the 19thcentury british colony of berbice, one of the atlantic world s bestdocumented slave societies and the last frontier of slavery in the british caribbean, browne argues that the central problem for most enslaved people was not how to resist or escape slavery but simply how to stay alive. The atlantic world 567 slavery slavery probably began with the. Caribbean slavery in the atlantic world october 1999. It is a valuable reference for university students or others with a serious interest in the subject.

The caribbean is a region of islands and coastal territory in the americas that is roughly defined by its interaction with the caribbean sea. Readings on the history of the atlantic world aaihs. First, the clarity of the argument and prose give the reader a compelling narrative that includes the necessary complications while also explaining something of fundamental importance. This book intertwines the socioeconomics of the caribbean with atlantic history in a captivating narrative that will fascinate a general audience and. Slave owners in the caribbean and elsewhere established governments and legal codes based on an ideology of protestant supremacy, which excluded the majority of enslaved men and women from christian. Praise gender and slave emancipation in the atlantic world is a welcome addition to the literature on gender, slavery and colonialism, and it can be used fruitfully at different levels by undergraduates, research students and scholars. Browse the amazon editors picks for the best books of 2019, featuring our.

For slavery in an atlantic context, davis 2006 provides an impressive sweep of the intellectual and political history of slavery in the new world, and blackburn 1998 emphasizes the braiding of cultural and economic forces that gave rise to slavery in the americas. However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study. Caribbean slavery in the atlantic world download ebook pdf. The story of slavery does not begin with european ships arriving on the african coast. A surprisingly long chapter of the book is devoted to trade with new england. Doi link for from slavery to emancipation in the atlantic world.

A student reader is presented, in which topics such as the role of women in the anti slavery revolution in the caribbean, the politics of gender, and the anti slavery organizational structure are discussed. Africans were forcibly brought to british owned colonies in the caribbean and sold as slaves to work on plantations. In christian slavery, katharine gerbner contends that religion was fundamental to the development of both slavery and race in the protestant atlantic world. Jared ross hardesty is associate professor of history at western washington university and a scholar of colonial america, the atlantic world, and the histories of labor and slavery. List of books and articles about slavery in the caribbean. Caribbean slavery in the atlantic world by hilary beckles, october 1999, ian randle publishers edition, paperback. It discusses slavery in the caribbean, which was placed by eric williams within the context of atlantic modernity in his 1944 book capitalism and slavery.

Slavery in the atlantic world nhc education programs. Conversion and race in the protestant atlantic world, challenges these historiographic tendencies and presents a welcome reinterpretation of the relationship between race, religion, and slavery in the protestant atlantic. Essays on comparative emancipation, and several more. Women, slavery, and the atlantic world 3 women in discourses on slavery and abolition, 178018382007. Atlantic world and caribbean suggested reading list us. It discusses the topics of mercantilism, slavery and the industrial revolution in africa and europe, particularly in the eighteenth century. Dont miss this candid experience with a rising leader in the history field. The antislavery, abolition, and the atlantic world book series by multiple authors includes books evangelicalism and the politics of reform in northern black thought, 17761863, rites of august first. All but unknown today, rebecca protten left an enduring influence on africanamerican religion and society. Books by series antislavery, abolition, and the atlantic. Slavery in british and french possessions in the caribbean. African slaves were also brought to what is now the united states.

Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. Slavery was already prefigured by the history of social stratification, war, and captivity in africa, both before the transatlantic slave trade started, and during the time of the slave tradebefore enslaved africans entered european ships. Caribbean slavery in the atlantic world download ebook. Portugals african prelude to the middle passage and contribution to discourse on race and slavery a. Conversion and race in the protestant atlantic world. A voyage through the worlds of the slave trade new york. Death and power in the world of atlantic slavery cambridge, ma. Barbara bushs slave women in caribbean society, 165018382009. Browne looks past the familiar numbers of life and death and into a human drama in which enslaved africans and their descendants struggled to survive against their enslavers, their environment, and sometimes one another. Caribbean slavery in the atlantic world book, 2000. Caribbean slavery in the atlantic world has 1 available editions to buy at half price books. Members of the group have leadership positions at the john carter brown library among the worlds best rarebook libraries for the americas in the atlantic world and the center for the study of slavery and justice, and are active in the center for latin american and caribbean studies and the andean project. From slavery to emancipation in the atlantic world.

An introduction to the section 16 of the book caribbean slavery in the atlantic world. Pirates cruised the caribbean sea and the north american coast searching for likely targets. At the undergraduate level, i hope that my book will help to integrate the broader atlantic world, especially the caribbean, into colonial us survey courses. Sep 15, 2017 a short history of slavery in the caribbean about ibw21 the institute of the black world 21st century ibw21 is committed to enhancing the capacity of black communities in the u. New spain and the financing of the spanish empire in the caribbean in the eighteenth century carlos marichal and matilde souto mantecon. Slave trade and the atlantic economies, 14511870 joseph e.

Browne is assistant professor of historyat xavier university in cincinnati, ohio, and a specialist on slavery and colonialism in the atlantic world, especially the british caribbean. Recent studies on caribbean slavery and the atlantic slave trade. Indian indentured servitude in the atlantic world atlantic. Caribbean histories revealed slavery and negotiating freedom. Gender and slave emancipation in the atlantic world. Caribbean slavery in the atlantic world book by verene. Apr 30, 2004 caribbean slavery in the atlantic world is an exaustive compilation of scholarly journal articles covering the full range of contemporary scholarship on carribean slavery. However, the book pays too much attention to british and french caribbean colonies while giving the portugese and spanish colonies little care. Discover librarianselected research resources on slavery in the caribbean from the questia online library, including fulltext online books, academic journals, magazines, newspapers and more. Conversion and race in the protestant atlantic world, shows that religion was fundamental to the development of both slavery and race in the protestant atlantic world. Slave owners in the caribbean and elsewhere established governments and legal codes based on an ideology of protestant supremacy, which excluded. Caribbean slavery in the atlantic world october 1999 edition. In fact, the recontextualization of barbados within a british atlantic world has raised. Caribbean slavery in the atlantic world by hilary beckles.

This new volume is made up of 17 sections comprising more than 70 articles. Spanish conquistadors took african slaves to the caribbean after 1502, but portuguese merchants continued to dominate the transatlantic slave trade for another century and a half, operating from their bases in the. Transatlantic slave trading gave birth to an atlantic world of people, goods, and cultures that circulated, collided, and melded together to lay the foundations for much of our modern world. Slave law and the politics of resistance in the early. New insights on slavery in the british atlantic world. Stanford libraries official online search tool for books, media, journals, databases, government documents and more. Explore the rise and fall of new world slavery with specific reference to north america and the british caribbean, engage critically with different historical. A completely revised and expanded version of caribbean slave society and economy which has become a standard text in colleges and universities on both sides of the atlantic.