Category Archives: Slavery and Slave Life in Barbados

“My Daddy was a Great Man in my Country”: Sibell, An enslaved African in Barbados relates her life story

Posted on 2016 by Christine Jewell

2016 (Jerome S. Handler) “My Daddy was a Great Man in my Country”: Sibell, An enslaved African in Barbados relates her life story Sibell was an “old” woman of African birth who, in 1799, narrated a brief account of her … Continue reading →

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Custom and law: The status of enslaved Africans in seventeenth-century Barbados

Posted on 2016 by hopenorman

2016 (Jerome S. Handler) “Custom and law: The status of enslaved Africans in seventeenth-century Barbados.” Slavery & Abolition 37: 233-255. The island of Barbados provides an ideal case study to explore the beginnings of slavery and definitions of slave status … Continue reading →

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Vernacular Houses and Domestic Material Culture on Barbados Sugar Plantations, 1650-1838

Posted on 2009 by hopenorman

2009 (J. S. Handler and S. Bergman) “Vernacular Houses and Domestic Material Culture on Barbados Sugar Plantations, 1650-1838.” Journal of Caribbean History 43: 1-36. This paper describes the houses and household furnishings of the enslaved people on Barbadian sugar plantations, … Continue reading →

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Diseases and Medical Disabilities of Enslaved Barbadians, From the Seventeenth Century to around 1838

Posted on 2006 by Jerome Handler

2006 (Jerome Handler) “Diseases and Medical Disabilities of Enslaved Barbadians, From the Seventeenth Century to around 1838, Part I, Part II.” Journal of Caribbean History 40: 1-38 and 40: 177-214. The disease environment, health problems, and causes of mortality of … Continue reading →

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Plantation Slave Settlements in Barbados, 1650s to 1834

Posted on 2002 by Jerome Handler

2002 (Jerome Handler) “Plantation Slave Settlements in Barbados, 1650s to 1834.” In A. Thompson, ed., In the Shadow of the Plantation: Caribbean History and Legacy (Ian Randle publisher, Kingston, Jamaica),  pp. 121-158. This paper describes the antecedents of many rural … Continue reading →

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The 1816 Slave Revolt in Barbados: An Exchange in Barbados Newspapers

Posted on 2000 by Jerome Handler

2000 (Jerome Handler) “The Barbados Slave Insurrection of 1816: Can it be properly called “Bussa’s Rebellion”?” The Advocate and The Nation, March and April. A heated exchange in two Barbados newspapers concerning the only slave revolt in the island’s history. … Continue reading →

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Life Histories of Enslaved Africans in Barbados

Posted on 1998 by Jerome Handler

1998 (Jerome Handler) “Life Histories of Enslaved Africans in Barbados.” Slavery & Abolition 19: 129-41. Scholars of New World slavery and the transatlantic slave trade are well aware that there are very few first-hand accounts by enslaved Africans of their … Continue reading →

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Escaping Slavery in a Caribbean Plantation Society: Marronage in Barbados, 1650s-1830s

Posted on 1997 by Jerome Handler

1997 (Jerome Handler) “Escaping Slavery in a Caribbean Plantation Society: Marronage in Barbados, 1650s-1830s.” Nieuwe West-Indische Gids–New West Indian Guide 71: 183-225. Slave flight or marronage, although not always with the intent or hope of permanently escaping the slave system, … Continue reading →

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Slave Names and Naming in Barbados, 1650-1830

Posted on 1996 by Jerome Handler

1996 (J. S. Handler and J. Jacoby) “Slave Names and Naming in Barbados, 1650-1830.” William and Mary Quarterly 53: 685-728. This article draws on a sample of Barbados slave names in order to examine the principles and significance of naming … Continue reading →

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Slave Medicine and Plant Use in Barbados

Posted on 1993 by hopenorman

1993 (J. S. Handler  and J. Jacoby) “Slave Medicine and Plant Use in Barbados.” JBMHS 41: 74-98. The early healing practices of Barbadian slaves had their roots in traditional West African medicine which involved the use of plants. Both Africans … Continue reading →

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