1986    (J. S. Handler and R. S. Corruccini), Weaning among West Indian Slaves: Historical and Bioanthropological Evidence from Barbados. William and Mary Quarterly 43: 111-17.

This article demonstrates how documentary and physical evidence can be brought to bear in shedding light on one aspect of New World slave life; more specifically, the problem of fertility differentials between enslaved populations of the United States and the British Caribbean.