The Archaeology of a Postemancipation Smallholder in the British Virgin Islands
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23692298 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John M Chenoweth (0000-0003-2297-5717, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Publication date | 2016-11-15 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Archaeologies of Slavery and Freedom in the Caribbean (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | University Press of Florida (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.5744/florida/9781683400035.003.0010 |
| OpenAlex | W4244434308 |
| ISBN | 9781683400035 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
In some ways, little except a legal status changed for many enslaved Africans when slavery ended in the British Colonies of the Caribbean, as land and capital were held by their former enslavers. In the British Virgin Islands, however, personal effort and a series of historical events led to the creation of many small, freehold farms held by the newly free. This chapter considers initial archaeological work at one of these, highlighting the creative negotiation of these women and men who held their own land despite living in an oppressive empire.
Archaeology · Capital (architecture) · Economic history · Empire · Ethnology · Freehold · Fur trade · Geography · Negotiation · Political science · Social science · Sociology · Work (physics) · Caribbean history, culture, and politics · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · Engineering · Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies · History · Law
| Citations per year | 0.2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2021 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |