Browsing by Subject "British Caribbean"
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Medicine & Power: Authority and British Caribbean Medical Practitioners, 1750-1823
(2019-05-01)In the late eighteenth-century on British Caribbean Plantations, there were dynamic groups of medical practitioners operating within the same physical space. The plantation healthcare system was made up of white doctors ... -
Protestantism in the Origins of Seventeenth-Century Barbadian Servitude and Slavery
(2017-09-08)Seventeenth-century Barbados drew on centuries of Christian tradition to help develop its reliance on plantation slavery and servitude. The majority of its indentured servants were “cordially loathed” Irish Roman Catholics, ... -
"Quamina, do you hear this?" Revisiting the Demerara Slave Rebellion, 1823
(2018-12-14)In this thesis I re-examine primary documentation relating to the Demerara Rebellion of 1823. I engage in this exploration to ascertain whether previous narratives of the rebellion were correct in that all of the slaves ...