{"product_id":"slave-society-in-the-danish-west-indies-st-thomas-st-john-and-st-croix-9789764100294","title":"Slave Society in the Danish West Indies: St. Thomas, St. John and St. Croix","description":"\u003ci\u003eSlave Society\u003cbr\u003ein the Danish West Indies\u003c\/i\u003e provides a rich account of the\u003cbr\u003edevelopment and destruction of slavery in St. Thomas, St. John and St. Croix, \u003cbr\u003ethe Caribbean islands which today comprise the United States Virgin Islands. It\u003cbr\u003esees slavery as fundamental to the entire fabric of colonial society and pays\u003cbr\u003eparticular attention to the political and social life of the whites and\u003cbr\u003efreedmen in interaction with the slaves.  The Danish West Indian colonies contained a small but significant\u003cbr\u003epart of the slave population of the Caribbean. Each of the islands had a\u003cbr\u003edistinct history during the period of slavery: St. Croix was the scene of a\u003cbr\u003efull-blown sugar plantation economy; St. Thomas served as a major entrepot, \u003cbr\u003ewith a small plantation sector and a large role in the transatlantic slave\u003cbr\u003etrade; St. John developed as a plantation economy but for various reasons the\u003cbr\u003eslaves came to engage in relatively independent economic activity.  Resistance to slavery was persistent, with important rebellions\u003cbr\u003eoccuring in St. John and St. Croix. Although Denmark was the first European\u003cbr\u003enation to abolish the slave trade, emancipation did not come until 1848, so\u003cbr\u003ethat the gap between abolition and emancipation was longer than in most\u003cbr\u003eterritories. The Danish West Indies also saw unique attempts at the\u003cbr\u003eamelioration of the slave system, such as the establishment of schools for\u003cbr\u003eslaves. Thus the study of slave society in the Danish West Indies has much to\u003cbr\u003etell about the nature of Caribbean history generally.  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBased on extensive research in the Copenhagen archives, \u003ci\u003eSlave Society in the Danish West Indies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003emakes a truly original contribution to the understanding of slave societies\u003cbr\u003ethroughout the Americas. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHigman, B. W.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eB.W. Higman\u003c\/b\u003e is Emeritus Professor of History, University of the West Indies, and Emeritus Professor of History, Australian National University. He is the author of eleven books on Caribbean history, archaeology and geography, including the award-winning publications \u003ci\u003eSlave Population and Economy in Jamaica, 1807-1834\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eSlave Populations of the British Caribbean, 1807-1834; Jamaica Surveyed: Plantation Maps and Plans of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eMontpelier, Jamaica: A Plantation Community in Slavery and Freedom, 1739-1912\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eWriting West Indian Histories\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003ePlantation Jamaica, 1750-1850: Capital and Control in a Colonial Economy\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eJamaican Food: History, Biology, Culture\u003c\/i\u003e. His most recent books are \u003ci\u003eA Concise History of the Caribbean\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHow Food Made History\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"University of the West Indies Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51552761938194,"sku":"9789764100294","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7cfd05e8-5f0a-4e3b-a49c-999d1bcd399a.jpg?v=1754903038","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/slave-society-in-the-danish-west-indies-st-thomas-st-john-and-st-croix-9789764100294","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}