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Revision of thesis (Ph. D.--Johns Hopkins University, 1974), originally presented under title: Slave resistance and social control in Antiqua, 1700-1763., 338 P., Essentially a history of the Caribbean sugar societies as manifested on one small island from 1670 to 1763. In 1736, the British Caribbean island of Antigua uncovered a plot among its slave population to destroy the white power structure. Using extensive quotations from the governmental investigation of the plot, Gaspar attempts a full examination of all aspects of a slave society and of the intertwined relationships of masters and servants.
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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176 p, Contents: I. Codrington College and Plantations -- II. Field Hands and Artisans -- III. Discipline -- IV. Villages and Villagers -- V. African Recruitment -- VI. Anatomy of Decline -- VII. Hired Gangs and Seasoned Recruits -- VIII. Chattel Christians, 1710-1768 -- IX. Humanitarian Policy, 1760-1793 -- X. Amelioration, 1793-1823 -- XI. The Society and the Abolitionists, 1823-1830 -- XII. Emancipation and Apprenticeship, 1831-1838 -- XIII. Conclusion
