Escaping slavery in a Caribbean plantation society : marronage in Barbados, 1650s-1830s
Disputes the idea that Barbados was too small for slaves to run away. Author describes how slaves in Barbados escaped the plantations despite the constraints of a relatively numerous white population, an organized militia, repressive laws, and deforestation. Concludes that slave flight was an enduri...
| 出版年: | NWIG |
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| フォーマット: | 論文 |
| 言語: | 英語 |
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Brill
1997-07-01
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| オンライン･アクセス: | http://www.kitlv-journals.nl/index.php/nwig/article/view/3524 |
| 要約: | Disputes the idea that Barbados was too small for slaves to run away. Author describes how slaves in Barbados escaped the plantations despite the constraints of a relatively numerous white population, an organized militia, repressive laws, and deforestation. Concludes that slave flight was an enduring element of Barbadian slave society from the 17th c. to emancipation. |
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| ISSN: | 1382-2373 |