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Testing the chains: resistance to slavery in the British West Indies
Michael Craton
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Frontmatter
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Preface (page 11)
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Introduction (page 19)
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PART ONE: The Plantation World and Slave Resistance Short of Rebellion
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1. The Plantation at Work (page 31)
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2. Backra and Negar (page 36)
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3. Making a Life of Their Own (page 44)
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4. Quashie as Hero (page 52)
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PART TWO: Maroon Resistance, 1600-1775
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5. Marronage: the General Context (page 61)
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6. The Jamaican Maroons: Origins, 1600-1700 (page 67)
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7. Cudjoe's War and Its Aftermath, 1700-1775 (page 81)
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PART THREE: African Slaves
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8. The African Phase (page 99)
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9. Barbados, 1645-1701 (page 105)
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10. Antigua Echoes Barbados, 1687-1737 (page 115)
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11. Jamaica, 1760: Tacky's Revolt (page 125)
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12. New Colonies, Traditional Resistance, 1763-1802 (page 140)
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PART FOUR: Slave Resistance in the Age of Revolution, 1775-1815
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13. An Inescapable Context? (page 161)
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14. The First Afro-Caribbean Slave Plot in Jamaica: Hanover, 1776 (page 172)
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15. The Storm Breaks: Grenada and St. Vincent, 1795 (page 180)
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16. The Pacification of the Windward Islands, 1796-1797 (page 195)
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17. The Final Maroon War in Jamaica, 1795-1796 (page 211)
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18. The Subjugation of Dominica and Trinidad, 1791-1814 (page 224)
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PART FIVE: Slave Rebellions and Emancipation, 1816-1832
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19. Creolization and Resistance (page 241)
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20. Bussa's Rebellion: Barbados, 1816 (page 254)
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21. The Demerara Revolt, 1823 (page 267)
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22. The Baptist War: The Jamaican Rebellion of 1831-1832 (page 291)
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Epilogue (page 323)
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Chronology of Resistance, 1638-1837 (page 335)
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Glossary (page 341)
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Notes (page 347)
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Credits and Sources for Photos (page 381)
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Index (page 383)
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Published: 2009
Publisher: Cornell University Press
- 9780801412523 (hardcover)
- 9780801475283 (paper)