The Wages of Slavery: From Chattel Slavery to Wage Labour in Africa, the Caribbean and England / Edition 1

by Michael Twaddle

Overview

The transition from chattel slavery to forced labour in Africa and the Caribbean during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries has commanded increasing attention from scholars in recent years. The Wages of Slavery tackles this subject from a protoproletarian perspective, studies new labour regimes in Africa and the Caribbean, and discusses work practices before and after emancipation the nature of the working week, subsistence and surplus for slaves and free person, and labour negotiations and confrontations.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780714645179
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/01/1993
Series:	Studies in Slavery
Pages:	244
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Michael Twaddle

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Visible and Invisible Hands, Michael Twaddle; Chapter 2 From Chattel to Wage Slavery in Jamaica, 1740–1860, Richard B. Sheridan; Chapter 3 Alternative Husbandry: Slaves and Free Labourers on Livestock Farms in Jamaica in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries, Verene A. Shepherd; Chapter 4 Chinese Coolie Labour in Cuba in the Nineteenth Century: Free Labour or Neo-slavery?, Evelyn Hu-Dehart; Chapter 5 Between Slavery and Freedom: The Period of Apprenticeship in Suriname (Dutch Guiana), 1863–1873, Pieter Emmer; Chapter 6 The Transition from Slave to Indentured Labour in Mauritius, Marina Carter; Chapter 7 Emancipations and the Economy of the Cape Colony, Robert Ross; Chapter 8 Labour Conditions in the Plantations of São Tomé and Príncipe, 1875–1914, W.G. Clarence-Smith; Chapter 9 Murgu : The Wages of Slavery in the Sokoto Caliphate, Paul E. Lovejoy; Chapter 10 Forced Labour in a Missionary Context: A Study of Kasanvu in Early Twentieth-Century Uganda, Holger Bernt Hansen; Chapter 11 Labour and Coercion in the English Atlantic World from the Seventeenth to the Early Twentieth Century, David Eltis;

Editorial Reviews

A proto-proletarian approach to the shift from chattel slavery to forced labor after emancipation, focusing on the trickery, political manipulation, and brutality workers suffered when their former masters were no longer responsible for their welfare. Most of the 11 essays were written by historians, but an economist and an ethnicity scholar are also represented. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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