Weaning among West Indian Slaves: Historical and Bioanthropological Evidence from Barbados

1986 (J. S. Handler and R. S. Corruccini) “Weaning among West Indian Slaves: Historical and Bioanthropological Evidence from Barbados.” William and Mary Quarterly 43: 111-17.

This article demonstrates how documentary and physical evidence can be brought to bear in shedding light on one aspect of New World slave life; more specifically, the problem of fertility differentials between enslaved populations of the United States and the British Caribbean.

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