Plantation Slavery in Barbados: An Archaeological and Historical Investigation

by Frederick W. Lange and Jerome S. Handler

Book Overview

Here is the first detailed investigation of plantation slave life in Barbados from earliest times until 1838. The authors have visited slave village sites, and their intensive excavation of a slave cemetery has yielded a wealth of material pertaining to mortuary practices and other dimensions of social and material life. Handler and Lange have also examined and extensively integrated the written records to amplify and cross-check their findings...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674332350
• ISBN13: 9780674332355
• Release Date: February 1978
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 381 Pages
• Weight: 1.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"