Simplicity, equality, and slavery : an archaeology of Quakerism in the British Virgin Islands, 1740-1780 / John M. Chenoweth.

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Chenoweth, John M [author.]

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9781683400165
168340016X
9781683400288
1683400283

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289.6/729725 23

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BX7666.B68 C47 2017eb

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Contents:

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.

Scope and content: 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 earliest documented appearance in the 1740 records, through the final census--which showed only five enslaved inhabitants remaining in the community.

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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 earliest documented appearance in the 1740 records, through the final census--which showed only five enslaved inhabitants remaining in the community.