ARTICLES: Material Cultures of Slavery in British Caribbean

Special Issue: Material Cultures of Slavery and Abolition in the British Caribbean Edited by Christer Petley and Stephan Lenik Stephan Lenik and Christer Petley, ‘Introduction: The Material Cultures of Slavery and Abolition in the British Caribbean’ Section I – Planters, workers and the development of plantation space 1. Douglas V. Armstrong and Matthew C. Reilly, … Continue reading ARTICLES: Material Cultures of Slavery in British Caribbean

Kriz on Slavery & Visual Culture in British Caribbean

Kay Dian Kriz.  Slavery, Sugar, and the Culture of Refinement: Picturing the British West Indies, 1700-1840.  Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. New Haven  Yale University Press, 2008. This highly original book asks new questions about paintings and prints associated with the British West Indies between 1700 and 1840, when the trade in … Continue reading Kriz on Slavery & Visual Culture in British Caribbean

Paton on Enslaved Women and Slavery circa 1807 (and more)

Posted at History in Focus, a 14 volume journal published by the Institute of Historical Research at the University of London.  [On the main page, the link to the issue on slavery is broken.  Access it here.] Excerpt below: This year's commemorations of the 200th anniversary of the passage of the British Act for the … Continue reading Paton on Enslaved Women and Slavery circa 1807 (and more)