Description
Book SynopsisThe development and legacy of the slave trade
Trade Review'Hart is a teacher of great skill and lucidity ... This book is a genuine popular history' -- Morning Star
'Hart's exploration of the forms of resistance slaves adopted to fight against their exploitation is both moving and inspirational'
-- libcom.org
Table of ContentsIntroduction
1. Amerindian and European Penetration
2. Thieves Falling Out
3. Sugar and Slavery
4. Slavery and Exploitation
5. Resistance and Rebellion In the 17th and 18th Centuries
6. British Abolitionists
7. 19th Century Slave Rebellions And Emancipation
8. Restricted Acquisition of Land
9. Worker-Employer Relations After Abolition
10. The Use of Indentured Labour
11. Crown Colony Government
12. Internal Self-Government with A Colour Bar
13. The Morant Bay Rebellion
14. The Constitutional Surrenders
15. Imperialism and National Aspirations
16. Pioneering Nationalistic Organisation
17. Labour Unrest and Organisation 1875 to 1930
18. Labour Rebellions 1934-1937
19. Labour Rebellion in Jamaica 1938: The West India Royal
Commission 1938-39
20. Towards Decolonisation
21. Nationalist Political Parties
22. Onwards to Independence
Notes
Bibliography
Index
