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Escaping slavery in a Caribbean plantation society : marronage in Barbados, 1650s-1830s

In: New West Indian Guide / Nieuwe West-Indische Gids
Author:
Jerome S. Handler
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Online Publication Date:
01 Jan 1997
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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.

Title:
Escaping slavery in a Caribbean plantation society : marronage in Barbados, 1650s-1830s
Article Type:
Research Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1163/13822373-90002605
Language:
English
Pages:
183–225
In:
New West Indian Guide / Nieuwe West-Indische Gids
In:
Volume 71: Issue 3-4
Publisher:
Brill
E-ISSN:
2213-4360
Print ISSN:
1382-2373
Subjects:
General, American Studies

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