Vol. 11, No. 4, SPECIAL NUMBER on THE CONFERENCE ON POLITICAL SOCIOLOGY IN THE BRITISH CARIBBEAN, DECEMBER, 1961 (DECEMBER, 1962), "Slavery and the plantation system rapidly developed in the British West Indies from about the middle of the 17th century. The purposes of this paper are first to discuss in some detail the essential socio-economic which beset the plantation societies there; secondly to outline the major political, social, economic, and consequences of the full emancipation of the slaves in 1838; and finally to indicate how the problems of slavery and of the post-emancipation period affect the present day." --The Author
