African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
197 p., Focusing on slave revolts that took place in Barbados in 1816, in Demerara in 1823, and in Jamaica in 1831--32, identifies four key aspects in British abolitionist propaganda regarding Caribbean slavery: the denial that antislavery activism prompted slave revolts, the attempt to understand and recount slave uprisings from the slaves' perspectives, the portrayal of slave rebels as victims of armed suppressors and as agents of the antislavery movement, and the presentation of revolts as a rationale against the continuance of slavery.
Marques,João Pedro (Author), Drescher,Seymour (Author), and Emmer,Pieter C. (Author)
Format:
Book, Whole
Publication Date:
2010
Published:
New York: Berghahn Books
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
208 p., Includes Pieter C. Emmer's "Who abolished slavery in the Dutch Caribbean?"; David Geggus' "Slave resistance and emancipation: the case of Saint-Dominigue"; and Peter Blanchard's "The wars of independence, slave soldiers, and the issue of abolition in Spanish South America";
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Journal Title Details:
42 (1): 131-153
Notes:
The passing of the British Abolition Act in 1807 owed much to the activism of women, enslaved and free, who employed diverse strategies to agitate for the ending of what was arguably the greatest crime against humanity. Reflects on women's role in Caribbean development and the struggles they faced in the process.
