- 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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Author Archives: Jerome Handler
Temporomandibular Joint Size Decrease in American Blacks: Evidence from Barbados
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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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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The History of Arrowroot and the Origin of Peasantries in the British West Indies
1971 (Jerome S. Handler) “The History of Arrowroot and the Origin of Peasantries in the British West Indies.” Journal of Caribbean History 2: 46-93. This paper describes the patterns of consumption, production, and distribution of arrowroot from the 17th century … Continue reading →
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A German Indentured Servant in Barbados in 1652: The Account of Heinrich von Uchteritz
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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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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Swiss Medical Doctor’s Description of Barbados in 1661: The account of Felix Christian Spoeri
1969 (A. Gunkel and J. S. Handler ) “A Swiss Medical Doctor’s Description of Barbados in 1661. The Account of Christian Spoeri.” JBMHS 33: 3-13. A German-speaking Swiss physician and surgeon, Spoeri visited Barbados at least three times during the … Continue reading →
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Review of “English Rustics in Black Skin: A Study of Modern Family Forms in a Pre-lndustrialized Society”, by Sidney M. Greenfield
1969 (Jerome S. Handler) “Book Review of English Rustics in Black Skin: A Study of Modern Family Forms in a Pre-lndustrialized Society.” Sidney M. Greenfield. New Haven: College and University Press, American Anthropologist 71: 335-337. This review argues against the … 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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Father Antoine Biet’s Visit to Barbados in 1654
1967 (Jerome S. Handler) “Father Antoine Biet’s Visit to Barbados in 1654.” JBMHS.32: 56-76. In 1651, a French company obtained its government’s permission to re-establish a colony in Cayenne . Between 500-600 persons were recruited for this venture, and these … Continue reading →
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