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Slave Manumissions and Freedmen in Seventeenth-Century Barbados

1984 (J. S. Handler and J. Pohlmann) “Slave Manumissions and Freedmen in Seventeenth-Century Barbados.” William and Mary Quarterly 41: 390-408. This article focuses on the manumission process and the characteristics of manumitted slaves from 1650 to 1700. The discussion treats … Continue reading

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Freedmen and Slaves in the Barbados Militia

1984 (Jerome S. Handler) “Freedmen and Slaves in the Barbados Militia.” Journal of Caribbean History 19: 1-25. In this paper, I focus on a little treated subject in Caribbean history, the position of non-whites, particularly the recruitment and arming of … Continue reading

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Plantation Slave Life in Barbados: A Physical Anthropological Analysis

1983 (J. S. Handler and R. S. Corruccini) “Plantation Slave Life in Barbados: A Physical Anthropological Analysis.” Journal of Interdisciplinary History 14: 65-90 In this paper we utilize physical anthropological data, recovered archaeologically from a plantation slave cemetery in Barbados, … Continue reading

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

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

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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Aspects of Amerindian Ethnography in 17th Century Barbados

1970 (Jerome S. Handler) “Aspects of Amerindian Ethnography in 17th Century Barbados.“ Caribbean Studies 9: 50-72. An ethnohistorical study of the island’s small enslaved Amerindian population, focusing on material life and its possible influence on persons of European and African … Continue reading

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The Amerindian Slave Population in Barbados in the Seventeenth and Early Eighteenth Centuries

1969 (Jerome S. Handler) “The Amerindian Slave Population in Barbados in the Seventeenth and Early Eighteenth Centuries.” Caribbean Studies 8: 38-64. Shortly after Barbados was colonized in 1627, a small group of Amerindians from Guiana was brought to the island … Continue reading

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