Tag Archives: Barbados

Joseph Rachell and Rachael Pringle-Polgreen: Petty Entrepreneurs

Posted on 1981 by Jerome Handler

1981 (Jerome S. Handler) “Joseph Rachell and Rachael Pringle-Polgreen: Petty Entrepreneurs.” In G.Nash and D. Sweet, eds., Struggle and Survival in Colonial America (University of California Press), pp. 376-91. In addition to its large enslaved population, Barbados contained a minority … Continue reading →

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Barbados in the Apprenticeship Period: The Report of a French Colonial Official

Posted on 1980 by hopenorman

1980 (D. Gobert and J. S. Handler) “Barbados in the Apprenticeship Period: The Report of a French Colonial Official.” JBMHS 36: 108-28. The French government sent observers to the British West Indies to gather specific information on the consequences of … Continue reading →

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The Archaeology of Mapp’s Cave: A Contribution to the Prehistory of Barbados

Posted on 1980 by hopenorman

1980 (F. W. Lange and J. S. Handler) “The Archaeology of Mapp’s Cave: A Contribution to the Prehistory of Barbados.” Journal of the Virgin Islands Archaeological Society 9: 3-17. We report on the limited prehistoric data recovered from a cave … Continue reading →

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Temporomandibular Joint Size Decrease in American Blacks: Evidence from Barbados

Posted on 1980 by Jerome Handler

1980 (R. S. Corruccini and J. S. Handler) “Temporomandibular Joint Size Decrease in American Blacks: Evidence from Barbados.” Journal of Dental Research 59: 1528. We assume that non-genetic, environmental factors have played the major role in TMJ size decrease; the … Continue reading →

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Barbados in the Post-Apprenticeship Period: The Observations of a French Naval Officer

Posted on 1978 by hopenorman

1978 (D. Gobert and J. S. Handler) “Barbados in the Post-Apprenticeship Period: The Observations of a French Naval Officer,” Part I and Part II. JBMHS 35: 243-66 and 36:4-15. In 1840, the French government appointed a royal commission to study … Continue reading →

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Amerindians and Their Contributions to Barbadian Life in the Seventeenth Century

Posted on 1977 by hopenorman

1977 (Jerome S. Handler) “Amerindians and Their Contributions to Barbadian Life in the Seventeenth Century.” JBMHS 35:189-210. This paper sketches what can be ascertained from limited documentary information about the way of life of Barbados’s small Amerindian population during the … Continue reading →

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Memoirs of an Old Army Officer: Richard A. Wyvill’s Visits to Barbados in 1796 and 1806-7

Posted on 1975 by hopenorman

1975 (Jerome S. Handler) “Memoirs of an Old Army Officer: Richard A. Wyvill’s Visits to Barbados in 1796 and 1806-7.” JBMHS 35: 21-30. Wyvill was a British Army Officer in the West India Regiments. His diary entries on Barbados are … Continue reading →

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An Archaeological Investigation of the Domestic Life of Plantation Slaves in Barbados

Posted on 1972 by Jerome Handler

1972 (Jerome S. Handler) “An Archaeological Investigation of the Domestic Life of Plantation Slaves in Barbados.” JBMHS 34: 64-72. A modified version of a talk given at the University of the West Indies in Barbados in early 1972. Gives an … Continue reading →

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Aspects of Slave Life in Barbados: Music and its Cultural Context

Posted on 1972 by Jerome Handler

1972 (J. S. Handler and C. Frisbie) “Aspects of Slave Life in Barbados: Music and its Cultural Context.” Caribbean Studies 9: 5-46. This article describes the musical and dance forms and activities found among Barbados slaves, delineates the sociocultural contexts … Continue reading →

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A German Indentured Servant in Barbados in 1652: The Account of Heinrich von Uchteritz

Posted on 1970 by Jerome Handler

1970 (A. Gunkel and J. S. Handler) “A German Indentured Servant in Barbados in 1652: The Account of Heinrich von Uchteritz.” JBMHS 33: 91-100 Cromwell shipped considerable numbers of his political and military enemies to Barbados where many of them were … Continue reading →

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