Dutchman Ghosts and the History Mystery

Ritual, Colonizer, and Colonized Interpretations of the 1763 Berbice Slave Rebellion

Bibliographic Data

ID3205972
AuthorsBrackette F Williams (City University of New York, corresponding author)
Year1990
Volume3
Issue2
Pages133-165
Publication date1990-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Historical Sociology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0952-1909 • E-ISSN: 1467-6443
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1467-6443.1990.tb00094.x
OpenAlexW2138059128
LanguageEN
Citations received13
References cited4

In colonial orders the most impoverished and least powerful subordinates had few opportunities to store their images of the past in forms traditionally used by historians. In this essay I explore historical interpretations of the 1763 Berbice slave rebellion presented in three rituals, the majority of whose participants are impoverished residents of rural Guyanese communities. I contrast the issues addressed in these images with those addressed in accounts of the rebellion presented in colonial and post-colonial accounts written by the colonizers and the colonized. The focus of my description and analysis is the relation between historical accounts and the social identities of those who produce them

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