Telling West Indian lives : life narrative and the reform of plantation slavery cultures 1804-1834 / Sue Thomas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thomas, Sue, 1955- author.

Series:

New Caribbean studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Slavery--West Indies, British--History.

Slavery.

Slave narratives--West Indies, British--History and criticism.

Slave narratives.

West Indians--History--19th century.

West Indians.

History.

Physical Description:

xiii, 241 pages ; 23 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.

Summary:

Telling West Indian Lives: Life Narrative and the Reform of Plantation Slavery Cultures 1804-1834 draws renewed historical and literary attention to lived cultures of life story and narration in the late plantation slavery period. Drawing on fresh archival research, it highlights the formative influence of oral genres on written and dictated texts, varied genres of life narrative, and the ways in which extant written narratives circulated as part of and shaped evangelical, philanthropic, and antislavery reform projects. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction

Anne Hart Glbert and John Gilbert: Creole benevolence and antislavery

William Dawes in Antigua

Methodist life narratives

Robert Wedderburn and the "cause of humanity"

The history of Mary Prince, a West Indian slave, related by herself

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781137441027

113744102X

OCLC:

878050639