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General History of the Carribean UNESCO Vol.3

The Slave Societies of the Caribbean

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  1. Franklin W. Knight
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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Introduction

    • Franklin W. Knight
    Pages 1-8

  3. The slave trade, African slavers and the demography of the Caribbean to 1750

    • Colin A. Palmer
    Pages 9-44

  4. The demographic structure of the Caribbean slave Societies in the eighteenth and nineteenth Centuries

    • Stanley L. Engerman, B. W. Higman
    Pages 45-104

  5. The slave economies of the Caribbean: Structure, performance, evolution and significance

    • David Eltis
    Pages 105-137

  6. The social structure of the slave societies in the Caribbean

    • Gad Heuman
    Pages 138-168

  7. Maroon communities in the circum-Caribbean

    • Silvia W. de Groot, Catherine A. Christen, Franklin W. Knight
    Pages 169-193

  8. Social and political control in the slave society

    • Hilary McD. Beckles
    Pages 194-221

  9. Forms of resistance to slavery

    • Michael Craton
    Pages 222-270

  10. Pluralism, creolization and culture

    • Franklin W. Knight
    Pages 271-286

  11. Religious Beliefs

    • Mary Turner
    Pages 287-321

  12. The disintegration of the Caribbean slave systems, 1772–1886

    • Franklin W. Knight
    Pages 322-345

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 346-379
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About this book

Volume 3 looks at various aspects of slave societies in the region from the seventeenth to the nineteenth centuries. Throughout the tortuous history of the Caribbean, nothing exceeded in fundamental importance the twin experiences of slavery and the plantation system, the defining episodes of Caribbean social reality. Topics addressed include: European 'settler colonies,' the sugar revolutions, forms of resistance, the influence of creolization and religious beliefs, and the place of the Maroon communities. Knight also examines the internal and external forces that led to the eventual collapse of the Caribbean slave system.

About the authors

Franklin Knight is Leonard and Helen R. Stulman Professor of History at The Johns Hopkins University.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: General History of the Carribean UNESCO Vol.3

  • Book Subtitle: The Slave Societies of the Caribbean

  • Editors: Franklin W. Knight

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-73770-3

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Nature America Inc. 2003

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4039-7591-1Published: 01 January 2003

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-73770-3Published: 12 June 2019

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 379

  • Topics: History of the Americas, Latin American Culture, Social History

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