Bondmen and rebels : a study of master-slave relations in Antigua / David Barry Gaspar.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gaspar, David Barry.

Series:

e-Duke books scholarly collection.

Johns Hopkins studies in Atlantic history and culture

Standardized Title:

Bondmen & rebels

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Slavery--Antigua and Barbuda--Antigua.

Slavery.

Slave rebellions--Antigua and Barbuda--Antigua.

Slave rebellions.

Enslaved persons--Antigua and Barbuda--Antigua.

Enslaved persons.

Interpersonal relations.

Antigua--History.

Antigua.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (354 p.)

Place of Publication:

Durham : Duke University Press, [1993]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Originally published in 1985, and available for the first time in paperback, Bondmen & Rebels provides a pioneering study of slave resistance in the Americas. Using the large-scale Antigua slave conspiracy of 1736 as a window into that society, David Barry Gaspar explores the deeper interactive character of the relation between slave resistance and white control.

Contents:

PART I Slave Rebellion, 1736

1. "No People Were Ever Rescued from a Danger More Imminent"

2. "Our Island Is in Such a Miserable Condition"

3. "Not ... Bound ... by the Ordinary Rules of Law"

PART II Slaves and Slave Society

4. African Recruitment

5. From the Negroes' Labor

6. For the Better Government of Slaves

7. Regulating Runaways and Freedmen

PART III Patterns of Slave Resistance

8. "To Make Themselves Masters of the Contry"

9. "However They May Disguise It, They Hate Their Masters"

10. "A Conspiracy Deeply Laid & Extended Wide"

11. "Daring Spirits to Lead Them On"

Conclusion.

Notes:

Originally published: Bondmen & rebels. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c1985.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-325) and index.

ISBN:

9786613062390

9781283062398

1283062399

9780822381778

082238177X

OCLC:

213455242