- 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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Tag Archives: Barbados
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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An Early Edict on Slavery in English America: The Barbados Resolution of 1636 and the Island’s Slave Laws
2019 (Jerome S. Handler) “An Early Edict on Slavery in English America: The Barbados Resolution of 1636 and the Island’s Slave Laws.” Journal of the Barbados Museum and Historical Society 65: 22-43. A resolution on slavery by the Barbados Governor … 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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“My Daddy was a Great Man in my Country”: Sibell, An enslaved African in Barbados relates her life story
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
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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Father Antoine Biet’s Account Revisited: Irish Catholics in Mid-Seventeenth Century Barbados
2015 (J. S. Handler & M. C. Reilly) “Father Antoine Biet’s Account Revisited: Irish Catholics in Mid-Seventeenth Century Barbados.” In A. Donnell, M. McGarrity, and E. O’Callaghan, eds., Caribbean Irish Connections (University of the West Indies Press, Mona, Jamaica), pp. … Continue reading →
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Production Activities in the Household Economies of Plantation Slaves: Barbados and Martinique, Mid-1600s to Mid-1800s
2014 (J. Handler & D. Wallman) “Production Activities in the Household Economies of Plantation Slaves: Barbados and Martinique, Mid-1600s to Mid-1800s.” International Journal of Historic Archaeology. 18 June 2014. Formerly British and French colonies, the eastern Caribbean islands of Barbados … 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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Vernacular Houses and Domestic Material Culture on Barbados Sugar Plantations, 1650-1838
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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From West Africa to Barbados: A Rare Pipe from a Plantation Slave Cemetery
2007 (J. Handler and N. Norman) “From West Africa to Barbados: A Rare Pipe from a Plantation Slave Cemetery.” African Diaspora Archaeology Newsletter. September. Discusses a distinctive short-stemmed earthenware pipe that was excavated in a plantation slave cemetery in Barbados … Continue reading →
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