Natural rebels : a social history of enslaved Black women in Barbados / Hilary McD. Beckles.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Beckles, Hilary, 1955-

Contributor:

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Enslaved women--Barbados--Social conditions.

Enslaved women.

History.

Social conditions.

Barbados--History.

Barbados.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

ix pages, 1 unnumbered page, 197 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, 1989.

Contents:

1. Outnumbering Men: A demographic survey

Field Women: Beasts of Burden. Gangs, work and punishments; Nutrition and health; The superannuated

3. House Women: The Privileged Few. Origins, status, work; Elizabeth Fenwick's lot in Bridgetown; House women at Newton Plantation; No labour of love

4. Marketeers: The Right to Trade. Petty proto-peasants

5. 'Breeding Wenches' and Labour Supply Policies. To buy or to breed?; Amelioration, pro-natalism and women; Women and girls at Seawell and Newton Estates, 1795-1807; The gradual increase

6. Wives, Mothers and Family Structure. Black relations networks; White males and 'coloured' children

7. Prostitutes and Mistresses

8. Persistent Rebels: Anti-slavery activity. Conceptual framework; Patterns of resistance; Non-violent resistance; Kill, burn and plunder; Runaways; Armed revolt

9. Conclusion.

Notes:

Published by Zed Books Ltd., London, and Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, in 1989.

"Cover designed by Andrew Corbett."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-187) and index.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.

Banks Collection copy printed and bound in United Kingdom at Bookcraft (Bath) Ltd., Midsomer Norton.

ISBN:

0813515106 :

0813515114

OCLC:

20172006