- Hardcover: 336 pages
- Publisher: Clarendon Press (25 Aug 1988)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0198201443
- ISBN-13: 978-0198201441
- Product Dimensions: 22.3 x 14 x 2.2 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 3,343,726 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"Based on an exhaustive survey of the islands' plantation recorfds, this fact-filled statistical summary...[is] the best modern description of the Caribbean sugar industry in the era of slave production in print."--Choice
"An important work....It contains much new information, discusses useful questions, and provides interesting analysis of important issues. It will be most useful to all concerned with the study of slave societies and their impact upon both the slaves and the masters."--Journal of Economic History
"An important work....It contains much new information, discusses useful questions, and provides interesting analysis of important issues. It will be most useful to all concerned with the study of slave societies and their impact upon both the slaves and the masters."--Journal of Economic History
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The attempts made by British West Indian planters to improve the treatment of their slaves, partly in response to the rise of the anti-slavery movement, are examined in this new study. The measures taken, Dr Ward argues, had a considerable effect in raising both the standard of living and the productive efficiency of the sugar estates's labour force. Nevertheless, 'amelioration' also suffered serious weaknesses, which ultimately made it ineffective as a means to defend the institution of slavery. This is the first account of Caribbean slavery to be based on the detailed analysis of plantation records from several different sugar colonies. Although focused on the British West Indies, its main theme - the potential for reform and economic development in slave-based societies - has a wider significance.
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