- This website brings together a selected list of my publications which have appeared since the early 1960s in widely scattered sources. These publications treat a variety of topics dealing with slavery in Barbados and the Atlantic World as well as some aspects of production activities in modern rural Barbados.
Categories
- American Civil War
- Amerindians in Barbados
- Archives Department, Barbados
- Atlantic Slavery and the Slave Trade
- Barbados History and Society: Bibliographic and Miscellany
- Biological Anthropology of Enslaved Barbadians
- Early Foreign Travel Accounts of Barbados
- Obeah
- Ph.D. Dissertation 1965
- Slavery and Slave Life in Barbados
- Slavery and Slave Life: Archaeological Studies
- Sugar, Arrowroot, and Pottery Production
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Category Archives: Barbados History and Society: Bibliographic and Miscellany
Handler Interviewed by Alfred Pragnell, Barbados, March 28, 2000.
Alfred Pragnell (1932-2004) was a well-known, widely respected, and popular member of the Barbadian arts establishment. At various times during his multifaceted career, he was an actor, broadcaster, satirist, storyteller — even a calypso singer. Aside from all of this, he was … Continue reading →
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Contesting “White Slavery” in the Caribbean: Enslaved Africans and European Indentured Servants in Seventeenth-Century Barbados
2017 (J. S. Handler & M. Reilly) “Contesting “White Slavery” in the Caribbean: Enslaved Africans and European Indentured Servants in Seventeeth-Century Barbados.” New West Indian Guide 91: 30-55. Seventeenth-century reports of the suffering of European indentured servants and the fact … Continue reading →
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A Seventeenth Century Commentary on Labor and Military Problems in Barbados
1973 (J. S. Handler and L. Shelby) “A Seventeenth Century Commentary on Labor and Military Problems in Barbados.” JBMHS 34: 117-121. The anonymously authored manuscript reproduced below * was written in late 1667 (or early 1668) towards the end of, … Continue reading →
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Bibliographic Addenda to Guides for the Study of Barbados History, 1971 & 1991
2006, 2007 (Jerome S. Handler) “Bibliographic Addenda to Guides for the Study of Barbados History, 1971 & 1991: Installment One, Installment Two.” JBMHS 52: 35-53 and 53: 199-211. Published and some manuscript materials that have come to my attention since the … Continue reading →
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Jonathan Corncob Visits Barbados: Excerpts from a Little-Known 18th Century Novel
2006 (F. Brady and J. Handler) “Jonathan Corncob Visits Barbados: Excerpts from a Little-Known 18th Century Novel.” JBMHS 52: 17-34. Published in 1787, this obscure satirical novel written by an author who to this day remains anonymous treats the adventures … Continue reading →
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A Rare Eighteenth-Century Tract in Defense of Slavery in Barbados: The Thoughts of the Rev. John Duke, Curate of St. Michael
2005 (Jerome S. Handler) “A Rare Eighteenth-Century Tract in Defense of Slavery in Barbados: The Thoughts of the Rev. John Duke, Curate of St. Michael.” JBMHS 51: 58-65. In this article I summarize the contents and argument of this rare … Continue reading →
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Textual Evidence on the Nature of Early Barbadian Speech, 1676-1835
1994 (J. R. Rickford and J. S. Handler) “Textual Evidence on the Nature of Early Barbadian Speech, 1676-1835.” Journel of Pidgin and Creole Languages 9: 221-55. On the evidence of textual attestations from 1676-1835, early Barbadian English is shown to … Continue reading →
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Review of “English Rustics in Black Skin: A Study of Modern Family Forms in a Pre-lndustrialized Society”, by Sidney M. Greenfield
1969 (Jerome S. Handler) “Book Review of English Rustics in Black Skin: A Study of Modern Family Forms in a Pre-lndustrialized Society.” Sidney M. Greenfield. New Haven: College and University Press, American Anthropologist 71: 335-337. This review argues against the … Continue reading →
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