Slave Society In The Danish West Indies
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Contents
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Language
English
ISBN
9789764100294
Contents
List of Tables
List of Figures
Abbreviations
Glossary
Foreword
Editor's Preface
List of Publications of Neville A.T. Hall
1. Empire Without Dominion: The Danish West Indies, 1671-1848
Early Colonization of St. Thomas
Dutch Cultural and Commercial Hegemony in St. Thomas and St. John
Danish Settlement and English Influences in St. Croix
Language, Amelioration and National Identity
The Economics of Foreign Domination
Foreign Domination and Internal Security
Slaves and Internal Security
Deepened Difficulties and Challenges in the Nineteenth Century
2. "The Doom of the Almighty:" Slaveowning Ideology
The Sanctions of Ancient Law
Martial Models
Economic Expediency
The Curse of Ham
The Civilizing Mission
Sin and Salvation
Racial Arguments
The Emergence of Anti-Slavery Ideology
3. "Part and Parcel of Property:" Slaves and the Law in the Eighteenth Century
Gardelin's Code of 1733
Frederik V's Reglement of 1755
Subsequent Concessions
Lindemann' s Draft of 1783
Abolition, Amelioration and the Law
4. The Rural Milieu: Slavery on the Plantations
Roots
Plantation Labor
Housing
Food and Clothing
The World the Slaves Made
Family, Kinship and Demographic Survival
5. The Urban Milieu: Slavery in Christiansted, Frederiksted and Charlotte Amalie
Domestics, Hucksters, Artisans
Conditions of Life
Urban-Rural Interaction
Communal Interaction
Social Control
Crime and Punishment
6. An Oasis of Humanity: Independent Slave Activity
God
Mammon
Dances and Other Diversions
Cultural Creation
7. Maritime Maroons: Grand Marronage
Early Patterns
Legislation and Diplomacy
New Routes to Freedom
Strategies
8. "An Intermediate Sort of Class:" The Emergence and Growth of the Freedman Population
Manumission
Accumulation of Wealth
Population Size and Growth
Restrictive Legislation
Gender and Demographic Concerns
Social Control
9. 'The Rights and Privileges of Rational Creatures:" The Freedman Petition of 1816
White Attitudes
Interaction with Slaves
Internal Differentiation
Challenging Inequality
The Petition of 1816
After 1816
10. Strangers Within the Gate: Émigré Freedmen in the Nineteenth Century
Origins
White Fears
Émigrés and the Freedman Community
The Census of 1831
11. "Religion and Enlightenment:" Education, Amelioration and the Road to Abolition
Early Attempts at Slave Education
Effects of Metropolitan Humanitarianism
Von Scholten's Initiatives
Metropolitan and Local Opposition
The 1846 Ordinance
12. The Victor Vanquished: Emancipation and Its Aftermath
The Court Martial
The Trial Evidence: Prolegomenon to Revolt
Violence Manqué 2-3 July 1848
Attitudes to the Future: Race and Class
Property Destruction: 4-5 July 1848
Women
Differential Responses
Epilogue
Notes
CHAPTER 1
CHAPTER 2
CHAPTER 3
CHAPTER 4
CHAPTER 5
CHAPTER 6
CHAPTER 7
CHAPTER 8
CHAPTER 9
CHAPTER 10
CHAPTER 11
CHAPTER 12
Bibliography
Index
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