Category Archives: Slavery and Slave Life in Barbados

1982    Slave revolts and conspiracies in seventeenth-century Barbados. Nieuwe West-Indische Gids–New West Indian Guide 56: 5-43. The main purpose of this paper is to document and describe the major forms and incidents of collective slave resistance, or group actions or … Continue reading →

1981    Joseph Rachell and Rachael Pringle-Polgreen: Petty Entrepreneurs. In G.Nash and D. Sweet, eds., Struggle and Survival in Colonial America (University of California Press), pp. 376-91. In addition to its large enslaved population, Barbados contained a minority population of European … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →