1972    (J. S. Handler and C. Frisbie), Aspects of Slave Life in Barbados: Music and its Cultural Context. Caribbean Studies 9: 5-46.

This article describes the musical and dance forms and activities found among Barbados slaves, delineates the sociocultural contexts in which these occurred, and indicates the African and European cultural influences, as well as changes, in musical and dance traditions from the middle of the seventeenth century to the Emancipation period.

Aspects of Slave Life in Barbados: Music and its Cultural Context