- 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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Slave medicine and Obeah in Barbados, circa 1650 to 1834
2000 (Jerome Handler) “Slave medicine and Obeah in Barbados, circa 1650 to 1834.” Nieuwe West-Indische Gids–New West Indian Guide 74: 57-60. This article describes the medical beliefs and practices of Barbadian slaves. Author discusses the role of supernatural forces in … Continue reading →
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Slave Medicine and Plant Use in Barbados
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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