Archaeology Below the Cliff: Race, Class, and Redlegs in Barbadian Sugar Society

by Matthew C. Reilly

First book-length archaeological study of a nonelite white population on a Caribbean plantation

Archaeology below the Cliff: Race, Class, and Redlegs in Barbadian Sugar Society is the first archaeological study of the poor whites of Barbados, the descendants of seventeenth-century European indentured servants and small farmers. "Redlegs" is a pejorative to describe the marginalized group who remained after the island transitioned...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0817320288
• ISBN13: 9780817320287
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: University Alabama Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 9.1"