Frank Travels
Space, Power and Slave Mobility in the British Leeward Islands, c. 1700–1730
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9344405 |
|---|---|
| Authors | James F Dator (Goucher College, corresponding author), James Dator |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 335-359 |
| Publication date | 2014-07-21 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Slavery and Abolition (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0144-039X • E-ISSN: 1743-9523 |
| Publisher | Frank Cass & Co (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1080/0144039x.2014.937640 |
| OpenAlex | W2023090449 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
By tracing the regional and trans-Atlantic travels of an enslaved man named Frank, this article examines the relationship between slave mobility, space and power in the British Leeward Islands from 1700 to 1730. Comprising Antigua, Montserrat, Nevis, Saint Kitts and several of the Virgin Islands, the British Leewards rest in close proximity to each other. In turn, plantation slaves like Frank lived in a world where acculturation to slavery involved adapting to an archipelagic context. Relying on private letters sent between Frank's plantation manager and his absentee owner, colonial legislation and government correspondence, this article argues that the geography of the Leeward archipelago shaped master–slave relations in the region and, in turn, influenced the ways slaves used their knowledge of the environment as a source of power and even liberation
Archaeology · Archipelagic state · Archipelago · Colonialism · Context (archaeology · Geography · Political science · Power (physics · Australian History and Society · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies · History · Law
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2016 - 2022 (7) |
| Highly cited | No |