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Category : Bermuda Island (Bermuda Islands)
Languages : en
Pages : 242
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Bermuda Historical Quarterly
Author: The Bermuda Historical Quarterly
Author: August Carl SchulenburgPublisher:
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Category : Krygsgevangenisse
Languages : en
Pages : 31
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Bermuda's Latest Treasure
Author: Terry TuckerPublisher:
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Category : Bermuda Islands
Languages : en
Pages : 5
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Bermuda and the French Revolution
Author: Jean de Chantal KennedyPublisher:
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Category : Bermuda Islands
Languages : en
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The Bermuda Historical Quarterly
Author: Footnote by John E. Langdon ... to Bermuda Silversmiths & Their Silver
Author: John Emerson LangdonPublisher:
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Category : Silversmiths, Canadian
Languages : en
Pages : 2
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Regular Sea Communications with Bermuda to 1914
Author: Morris Hoadley LudingtonPublisher:
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Category : Mail steamers
Languages : en
Pages : 8
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Beyond the Rubber Tree
Author: Terry TuckerPublisher:
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Category : Hamilton, Bermuda
Languages : en
Pages : 54
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Additional Records [of Birds] on Bermuda
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Author: John Tavenier BartramSlaves and Slaveholders in Bermuda, 1616-1782
Author: Virginia BernhardPublisher: University of Missouri Press
ISBN: 0826260071
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Slaves & Slaveholders in Bermuda, 1616-1782, offers a fresh perspective on the complex relationship between racism & slavery in the often overlooked second-oldest English colony in the New World. As the first blacks were brought onto the islands not specifically for slave labor, but for their expertise as pearl divers & cultivators of West Indies plants, Bermuda's racial history began to unfold much differently from that of the Caribbean islands or of the North American mainland. Bermuda's history records the arrival of the first blacks, the first English law passed to control the behavior of the "Negroes," & the creation of ninety-nine-year indentures for black & Indian servants. Slavery may have dictated & strained the relationships between whites & blacks, but in this smallest of English colonies it differed from slavery elsewhere because of the uniquely close master-slave relations created by Bermuda's size & maritime economy. At only twenty-one square miles in size, Bermuda saw slaves & slave-holders working & living closer together than in other societies. Additionally, the emphasis on maritime pursuits offered slaves a degree of autonomy & a sense of identity unequaled in other English colonies. This groundbreaking history of Bermuda's slavery reveals fewer runaways, less-violent rebellions, & relatively milder punishments for offending slaves. One anecdote recounts that in 1782, seventy black seamen offered freedom in Boston voluntarily returned to their Bermuda homes. Bernhard delves into the origins of Bermuda's slavery, its peculiar nature, & its effects on blacks & whites. She bases her study on archival research drawn from wills & inventories, laws & court cases, governors' reports & council minutes. Intended as an introduction to both the history of the islands & the rich sources for further study, this book will prove invaluable to scholars of slavery, as well as those interested in historical archaeology, anthropology, maritime history, & colonial history.