CONTENTS
1 Cover
5 Introduction to the 2022 Edition: Life and Scholarship in the Shadow of Slavery
6 Preface
7 I The Masters: An Overall View of Slavery Section 1 The Development of Jamaica, 1655–1834 Section 2 Political Development and Structure Section 3 The White Society During Slavery Conclusion
8 II The Slave Plantation: Its Socio-Economic Structure Section 1 Description and Estimated Costs of the Plantation Works Section 2 The Personnel Section 3 Annual and Daily Cycle of Work
9 III The Treatment of the Slaves in Law and Custom Introduction Section 1 The Legal Basis of Slavery Section 2 The Development of the Slave Laws Section 3 The Nature of the Laws in their Relation to the Actual Condition of the Slaves Conclusion
10 IV An Analysis of the Slave Population of Jamaica
11 V The Tribal Origins of the Jamaican Slaves Part 1 The Sources of the Slave Population Part 2 The Demand for Slaves in Jamaica
12 VI The Socialization and Personality Structure of the Slave Section 1 Creole and African Slaves Section 2 The Adjustment of the African Slave Section 3 The Socialization of the Creole Slave Section 4 Mating Patterns, Parent-Child Relations, Kinship, and the White Out-Group Section 5 An Analysis of ‘Quashee’
13 VII Social Institutions of the Slaves: 1 Witchcraft, Sorcery and Religion Part 1 Supernatural Beliefs and Practices of African Origin Part 2: Christianity and the Slaves
14 VIII Social Institutions of the Slaves: 2 Economy, Recreation and Control Section 1 The Economic Life of the Slaves Section 2: Internal Patterns of Control Section 3: The Recreational Patterns of the Slaves
15 IX The Mechanisms of Resistance to Slavery 260 Part I Passive Resistance Part II Violent Resistance
16 X The Cultural and Social Development of Jamaica: 1655–1865
18 Appendix 2: Exports from Jamaica, 1768
20 Appendix 4: Output, Income and Expenditure in 1832
21 Appendix 5: Manuscripts and Official Publications Consulted Official Publications Other Official Publications
22 Appendix 6: Europeans in West Africa; Seventeenth to Eighteenth Centuries
23 Appendix 7: Africa as known to Europeans in the Mid- Eighteenth Century
25 Index
26 Plates
Guide
1 Cover