Alvin O Thompson
Biographic Data
| ID | 990523 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alvin O Thompson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alvin |
| FAMILY NAME | O Thompson |
| SIGNATURE | THOMPSON A O |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of the West Indies |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 36 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1974 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Surviving Slavery in the British Caribbean, by Randy M. Browne
The Haunting Past
Symbolic legacies of slavery in Guyana
Focusses on the commemoration and symbolic functions of the slavery past in the Americas, with a particular focus on Guyana. Author explains that while symbolic representations of the legacies of slavery increased in the Americas since the 1960s, the nationalist government under Forbes Burnham since 1970 went further in using the slavery past as its ideological foundation. He discusses how this relates to Guyana's history and ethnic development o…
True-Born Maroons
Flight to Freedom
African slavery in the Americas has left indelible marks on the geographical, political, economic, social and cultural landscapes of the Americas. An important part of that indelibility is marronage that involved both flight from slavery and the establishment of free communities. This book is about the struggles of enslaved Africans in the Americas who achieved freedom through flight and the establishment of Maroon communities in the face of over…
Unprofitable Servants
In 1803, during the Napoleonic Wars, the British imperial government conquered the Dutch colony of Berbice and took over the management of presumed governmental slaves. These consisted of persons on four estates and artisans in New Amsterdam, the colony's capital, which comprised a group known as winkel (shop) slaves. The British efforts to generate a profit from these slaves caused conflict and engendered resistance. This study is important beca…
African ‘recaptives’ under apprenticeship in the British West Indies 1807–1828
Historical attention on African apprenticeship in the British West Indies has been focused traditionally on the period 1834 to 1838. Few scholars have written anything substantial on the earlier apprenticeship scheme which commenced in 1807. This scheme was devised by the British government to deal with those Africans imported into the British colonies in contravention of the British slave trade abolition acts and also abolition treaties signed b…
Historical writing on migration into the commonwealth Caribbean
For almost a century after slave emancipation in the Commonwealth Caribbean a steady stream of immigrants entered the colonies, from such diverse places as India, Africa, Europe, China, North America, Syria and Lebanon. Historical scholarship on these migrants has concentrated heavily on the Indians, while almost completely neglecting the Syrian/Lebanese. Moreover, the main emphasis has been on the economic roles of the migrants within the domina…
The Role of Firearms and the Development of Military Techniques in Merina Warfare, c. 1785-1828
The earliest record of firearms in Imerina cornes from oral tradition associated with the reign of King Ralambo (c. 1575-c. 1610). However, the first serious attempts to secure firearms in large quantities began several years later, during the reign of Andrianampoinimerina (1787-1810), and this was continued during the reign of Radama I (1810-1828), whose army, by the end of his reign, was fully equipped with such weapons. The import of firearms …
Flight to Freedom
African slavery in the Americas has left indelible marks on the geographical, political, economic, social and cultural landscapes of the Americas. An important part of that indelibility is marronage that involved both flight from slavery and the establishment of free communities. This book is about the struggles of enslaved Africans in the Americas who achieved freedom through flight and the establishment of Maroon communities in the face of over…
Unprofitable Servants
In 1803, during the Napoleonic Wars, the British imperial government conquered the Dutch colony of Berbice and took over the management of presumed governmental slaves. These consisted of persons on four estates and artisans in New Amsterdam, the colony's capital, which comprised a group known as winkel (shop) slaves. The British efforts to generate a profit from these slaves caused conflict and engendered resistance. This study is important beca…
The Role of Firearms and the Development of Military Techniques in Merina Warfare, c. 1785-1828
The earliest record of firearms in Imerina cornes from oral tradition associated with the reign of King Ralambo (c. 1575-c. 1610). However, the first serious attempts to secure firearms in large quantities began several years later, during the reign of Andrianampoinimerina (1787-1810), and this was continued during the reign of Radama I (1810-1828), whose army, by the end of his reign, was fully equipped with such weapons. The import of firearms …
Symbolic legacies of slavery in Guyana
Focusses on the commemoration and symbolic functions of the slavery past in the Americas, with a particular focus on Guyana. Author explains that while symbolic representations of the legacies of slavery increased in the Americas since the 1960s, the nationalist government under Forbes Burnham since 1970 went further in using the slavery past as its ideological foundation. He discusses how this relates to Guyana's history and ethnic development o…
African ‘recaptives’ under apprenticeship in the British West Indies 1807–1828
Historical attention on African apprenticeship in the British West Indies has been focused traditionally on the period 1834 to 1838. Few scholars have written anything substantial on the earlier apprenticeship scheme which commenced in 1807. This scheme was devised by the British government to deal with those Africans imported into the British colonies in contravention of the British slave trade abolition acts and also abolition treaties signed b…
The Role of Firearms and the Development of Military Techniques in Merina Warfare, c. 1785-1828
The earliest record of firearms in Imerina cornes from oral tradition associated with the reign of King Ralambo (c. 1575-c. 1610). However, the first serious attempts to secure firearms in large quantities began several years later, during the reign of Andrianampoinimerina (1787-1810), and this was continued during the reign of Radama I (1810-1828), whose army, by the end of his reign, was fully equipped with such weapons. The import of firearms …
Historical writing on migration into the commonwealth Caribbean
For almost a century after slave emancipation in the Commonwealth Caribbean a steady stream of immigrants entered the colonies, from such diverse places as India, Africa, Europe, China, North America, Syria and Lebanon. Historical scholarship on these migrants has concentrated heavily on the Indians, while almost completely neglecting the Syrian/Lebanese. Moreover, the main emphasis has been on the economic roles of the migrants within the domina…
African ‘recaptives’ under apprenticeship in the British West Indies 1807–1828
Historical attention on African apprenticeship in the British West Indies has been focused traditionally on the period 1834 to 1838. Few scholars have written anything substantial on the earlier apprenticeship scheme which commenced in 1807. This scheme was devised by the British government to deal with those Africans imported into the British colonies in contravention of the British slave trade abolition acts and also abolition treaties signed b…
Unprofitable Servants
In 1803, during the Napoleonic Wars, the British imperial government conquered the Dutch colony of Berbice and took over the management of presumed governmental slaves. These consisted of persons on four estates and artisans in New Amsterdam, the colony's capital, which comprised a group known as winkel (shop) slaves. The British efforts to generate a profit from these slaves caused conflict and engendered resistance. This study is important beca…
Flight to Freedom
African slavery in the Americas has left indelible marks on the geographical, political, economic, social and cultural landscapes of the Americas. An important part of that indelibility is marronage that involved both flight from slavery and the establishment of free communities. This book is about the struggles of enslaved Africans in the Americas who achieved freedom through flight and the establishment of Maroon communities in the face of over…
True-Born Maroons
Symbolic legacies of slavery in Guyana
Focusses on the commemoration and symbolic functions of the slavery past in the Americas, with a particular focus on Guyana. Author explains that while symbolic representations of the legacies of slavery increased in the Americas since the 1960s, the nationalist government under Forbes Burnham since 1970 went further in using the slavery past as its ideological foundation. He discusses how this relates to Guyana's history and ethnic development o…
The Haunting Past
Surviving Slavery in the British Caribbean, by Randy M. Browne
History (9 works) · Colonialism, slavery, and trade (7 works) · Law (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Caribbean history, culture, and politics (5 works) · History (5 works) · Politics (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Ethnology (4 works) · Law (4 works)