1  Cover

      2  Dedication

      3  Title Page

      4  Copyright

      5  Introduction to the 2022 Edition: Life and Scholarship in the Shadow of Slavery

      6  Preface

      7  I The Masters: An Overall View of Slavery Section 1 The Development of Jamaica, 1655–1834 Section 2 Political Development and Structure Section 3 The White Society During Slavery Conclusion

      8  II The Slave Plantation: Its Socio-Economic Structure Section 1 Description and Estimated Costs of the Plantation Works Section 2 The Personnel Section 3 Annual and Daily Cycle of Work

      9  III The Treatment of the Slaves in Law and Custom Introduction Section 1 The Legal Basis of Slavery Section 2 The Development of the Slave Laws Section 3 The Nature of the Laws in their Relation to the Actual Condition of the Slaves Conclusion

      10  IV An Analysis of the Slave Population of Jamaica

      11  V The Tribal Origins of the Jamaican Slaves Part 1 The Sources of the Slave Population Part 2 The Demand for Slaves in Jamaica

      12  VI The Socialization and Personality Structure of the Slave Section 1 Creole and African Slaves Section 2 The Adjustment of the African Slave Section 3 The Socialization of the Creole Slave Section 4 Mating Patterns, Parent-Child Relations, Kinship, and the White Out-Group Section 5 An Analysis of ‘Quashee’

      13  VII Social Institutions of the Slaves: 1 Witchcraft, Sorcery and Religion Part 1 Supernatural Beliefs and Practices of African Origin Part 2: Christianity and the Slaves

      14  VIII Social Institutions of the Slaves: 2 Economy, Recreation and Control Section 1 The Economic Life of the Slaves Section 2: Internal Patterns of Control Section 3: The Recreational Patterns of the Slaves

      15  IX The Mechanisms of Resistance to Slavery 260 Part I Passive Resistance Part II Violent Resistance

      16  X The Cultural and Social Development of Jamaica: 1655–1865

      17  Appendix 1: Stephen Fuller’s Account of the Number of Negroes imported and exported at Jamaica each year, 1702–1775

      18  Appendix 2: Exports from Jamaica, 1768

      19  Appendix 3: General Return from the Island of Jamaica, for Fifty-Three Years, ending 31st December 1836, abstracted from the Journals of the House Assembly

      20  Appendix 4: Output, Income and Expenditure in 1832

      21  Appendix 5: Manuscripts and Official Publications Consulted Official Publications Other Official Publications

      22  Appendix 6: Europeans in West Africa; Seventeenth to Eighteenth Centuries

      23  Appendix 7: Africa as known to Europeans in the Mid- Eighteenth Century

      24  Plate Credits

      25  Index

      26  Plates

      27  End User License Agreement

      1  Cover

      2  Table of Contents

      3  Dedication