Simplicity, Equality, and Slavery : An Archaeology of Quakerism in the British Virgin Islands, 1740-1780 /

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The author uses archaeological and archival information to reveal the everyday life of this group of Quakers residing in the British Virgin Islands between 1741 and 1763. He traces this discreet group of mostly poor, white planters settled on Tortola in the community of Little Jost van Dyke from the...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Chenoweth, John M. (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Gainesville : University of Florida Press, 2017.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Slavery.
Religion and sociology.
Quakers.
Plantation life.
Material culture.
Archaeology and history.
Antiquities.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Archaeology.
RELIGION > Christianity > Denominations.
Culture materielle > Îles Vierges britanniques > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Archeologie et histoire > Îles Vierges britanniques.
Sociologie religieuse > Îles Vierges britanniques > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Vie dans les plantations > Îles Vierges britanniques > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Quakers > Îles Vierges britanniques > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Material culture > British Virgin Islands > History > 18th century.
Archaeology and history > British Virgin Islands.
Religion and sociology > British Virgin Islands > History > 18th century.
Plantation life > British Virgin Islands > History > 18th century.
Slavery > British Virgin Islands > History > 18th century.
Quakers > British Virgin Islands > History > 18th century.
British Virgin Islands.
Îles Vierges britanniques > Vie religieuse.
British Virgin Islands > Religious life and customs.
British Virgin Islands > Antiquities.
History.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Introduction: "In the bowels of Our Lord"
  • Contexts : the history and archaeology of the British Virgin Islands and their Meeting
  • "Two plantations" on the plantation : simplicity, wealth, and status
  • "Furnished with convenience for a meeting house" : simplicity and meetinghouses
  • Peace and weaponry on BVI Quaker sites
  • Discipline, community, and conformity
  • Equality, race, and slavery in BVI communities
  • Reconsidering simplicity, equality, peace, and the end of the Meeting.

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