After slavery, there was a labour issue on the plantations. Movements towards independence and regional integration. Actually white servants came to the islands before the african slaves arrived. Take the quiz below on caribbean economy and slavery and learn some more about it. Caribbean economy and slavery a i identify two caribbean territories which produced tobacco and two caribbean territories which produced logwood in the 1600s, 4 marks b ii explain three reasons for the changeover from the production of tobacco to sugar in the 1600s 9 marks c iii. The period between 1740 and 1810 constituted the prosperity of slavetrade because the number of slaves who transported each year in america approached the 60. Slave population and economy in jamaica, 18071834 by b.
The only aim of slavetrade was to make money for the ship owners. Slavery in the caribbean essay 1086 words bartleby. Therefore, in order to truly understand the caribbean one must completely understand slavery itself. Dominica library and information service catalog details for. By 2005 the bahamas had the highest annual per capita. The sugar industry was a large economic source and the slaves ensured plantations were running. Pdf csec may june2012 caribbean history sr chloe layne. Caribbean history may june 2011 question 3 theme 2. However, these servants did not arrive in large numbers. Indeed the peculiar institution is one of humanitys oldest.
The journey of slaves from africa, across the atlantic, to the west indies or colonial america, so called because it was the middle portion of the triangular. If you are from the caribbean and especially if you are black you must get a copy. Synopsis lest you forget caribbean economy and slavery. Csec history resource guide national library of jamaica. Having bought slaves very cheaply in africa, they sold them again in the americas as a. Muslims from the barbary states north african countries such as algiers.
Lest you forget caribbean economy and slavery pdf download. This volume seeks to reopen discourse on caribbean slave society by showing how diverse the economy and society really were and how varied were the experiences of the enslaved. Slavery origins of slavery slavery in the caribbean and the americas was a relatively modern phenomenon, however slavery and other forms of enforced or bonded labour were not unknown to the northern and western europeans who colonised the caribbean and americas. The sugar industry was a large economic source and the slaves ensured. Lowes 1994 for instance documents that in antigua, in the 8 years. This collection of eleven essays sets out to expand the discussion of slavery in the caribbean. The spanish loosened its foothold in the caribbean during the first half of the 17th century, which allowed the british to settle several islands and to ultimately seize jamaica in 1655. List of books and articles about slavery in the caribbean. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. The caribbean sugar mill with vertical rollers, french west indies, 1665.
It has, however, evolved and manifested itself quite distinctly in different periods of history. The passage from africa to slavery and emancipation. Revealing to us how the emergence of hegemonic relations of power and colonial racethinking came to define an ideological program legitimating slave subjectivity in the caribbean. Caribbean slave society and the economy the new press. Slavery in the british and french caribbean wikipedia. The south did not make the same technological and industrial advancements as the north until after slavery had been abolished, and some scholars consider this to have been an economic. Slavery origins of slavery slavery in the caribbean and the.
Caribbean political development in the 20th century 9. For example, women slaves in the caribbean could be fieldworkers on sugar cane or coffee plantations, or they could also be working in the salt ponds for salt production. Was a treaty agreed upon by the pope, spain, france england and portugal. Caribbean slave society and economy brings together into one volume the main themes of the recent research on slavery, and explores the patterns and forms of. Hamiltonwillie us in the caribbean, movements towards emancipation, caribbean economy and slavery five meetings to prepare 2004, the. Documents that belonged to planters in the french colonies such as. To illustrate the centrality of state slavery to the transformation of the cuban economy in the second half of the eighteenth century this paper will briefly discuss the spanish states earlier use of state slavery as part of its program of imperial defense with. Theme 2 caribbean economy and slavery the west african coast was the source of the caribbeans labour from the 1500s to the 1800s much to the detriment of africas development and progress.
Although recognizing the existence of the slave registration and compensation records, the bibliographer of the second volume of the cambridge history of the british empire, published in 1940, felt confident in commenting that these records are very detailed, but are disappointing in their content of historical material. The political economy of new slavery palgrave texts in international political economy series standing order isbn 1403938075 hardback series standing order isbn 1403938083 paperback you can receive future titles in this series as they are published by placing a standing order. Add to wishlist show cart email to a friend keep shopping. Akanspeaking people, who the english called coromantees, may have had a hand in the 1701 christmas uprising in antigua, the 1675 revolt in barbados, and in the 1673. Indigo and slavery in saint domingue, by david geggus 2. Lest we forgetlest we forget we have nothing to fear for the future, except as we shall forget the way the lord has led us. Confining our attention to large scale slavery, we find that it is historically quite a rare phenomenon. View caribbean slavery research papers on academia. Introduction of african in the caribbean the africentric eye. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Topic 12 after slavery in the caribbean when the slaves were freed, most had no money or property and no access to schooling, job training or healthcare. In the 1730s, hundreds of experienced warriors were sold into slavery in the caribbean as part of a civil war among the akanspeaking people in what is today the nation of ghana.
Because the institution of slavery has exerted such momentous force in shaping the socioeconomic and political history of the caribbean, much of the regions historical writing has focused on slavery. A critique of the plantation economy perspective alex dupuy dialectical anthropology volume 7. If we accept the statistics used by these same governments and the. Patterns of development, culture and environmental change since 1492. Africans were forcibly brought to british owned colonies in the caribbean and sold as slaves to work on plantations and many meet their end in the journey. History of slavery in the caribbean the institution of slavery has played a major role in the history, and the shaping of the caribbean. The economic foundations of contemporary slavery by justin guay slavery existed before money or law hochschild 2005. Discover librarianselected research resources on slavery in the caribbean from the questia online library, including fulltext online books, academic journals, magazines, newspapers and more. Caribbean slavery starting in the seventeenth century, the european colonization of the caribbean. They argue that the presentday underdevelopment of the caribbean is a direct and lasting legacy of the slavery trade, and descendants of enslaved africans should be compensated for presentday. Registry of slaves of the british caribbean 18171834. The caribbean economy depends largesly on the agriculture and tourism industries.
Chronology of the slave trade the national library. Chronology of the slave trade home 1441 portuguese sailors take the first shipload of africans to europe as slaves. Northern and western europeans who colonised the caribbean and. Justify this statement outlining and assessing the ways in which the slave trade impacted west african societies. Slavery and its abolition, french colonies, research and. Timber extraction and the shaping of the culture of enslaved peoples in belize, by o. Book with photographs and documents from the black holocaust exhibit thomas. Caribbean slavery, race, class, and contemporary identity in abeng h. Average income varies greatly from island to island. The slavery system that developed in the lesser antilles was an outgrowth of the demand for sugar and other crops. We are grateful to guy grannum for providing the information.
The slavery system built by the british in the caribbean led to the legal and customary institutionalization of the slave owners right to unrestricted sexual access to enslaved women as an intrinsic and discrete product. A north east story scotland, africa and slavery in the caribbean learning resource 2 slavery in the caribbean topic 4 products of slave labour in the british caribbean the main crops grown for export by enslaved labourers were sugar, cocoa, tobacco and coffee. The various industries that existed in the caribbean led to different types of work for slaves. Thats why britain invited workers from other parts of the empire particularly from india and asia to come to work in the caribbeans. A student reader beckles, hilary, shepherd, verene on. The caribbean people have a legitimate claim for slavery. The postslavery caribbean plantation complex yale economic.
Caribbean economy and slavery doris hamiltonwillie. Essay on history of slavery in the caribbean 720 words. Some islands have mineral resources capable of being exploited and many have tried to encourage the industrial sector and manufacturing, with mixed results. Caribbean economy and slavery lest you forget a study and revision guide for cxc caribbean history lest you forget. A study and revision guide for cxc caribbean history. Slavery in the caribbean the beginning of slavery in the caribbean can be traced back to the emergence of piracy in the 16th and 17th centuries. The analysis of the slave population of jamaica presented. This is a revised and expanded edition of the work previously published as caribbean slave society and economyt. This eventually led to the promotion of slave trading and sugar plantations. The overall effect of slavery on the american economy is also arguable with various scholars identifying some positive and some negative elements of the practice. Everywhere in the british caribbean there was a big gap in wealth and living standards between the europeans and people. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. The need for economic stability as well as potential growth in the french and eastern caribbean islands led to what was best termed as the sugar revolution. Slavetrade between africa and the caribbean from start to end.