Sugar and Slaves: The Rise of the Planter Class in the English West Indies, 1624-1713
First published by UNC Press in 1972, Sugar and Slaves presents a vivid portrait of English life in the Caribbean more than three centuries ago. Using a host of contemporary primary sources, Richard Dunn traces the development of plantation slave society in the region. He examines sugar production techniques, the vicious character of the slave trade, the problems of adapting English ways to the tropics, and the appalling mortality rates for both blacks and whites that made these colonies the...
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Drawing upon such sources as travelers' accounts, plantation records, census returns, wills, inventories, land patents, maps, and parish registers, Richard Dunn presents a composite portrait of plantation life in the Caribbean three centuries ago. Journal of Modern History A masterly analysis of the Caribbean plantation slave society, its lifestyles, ethnic relations, afflictions, and peculiarities.
Foreword by Gary B. Nash Preface Abbreviations1. Beyond the Line2. Barbados: The Rise of the Planter Class3. Barbados: The Planters in Power4. The Leeward Islands5. Jamaica6. Sugar7. Slaves8. Life in the Tropics9. Death in the Tropics10. The Legacy Index
\ From the PublisherDunn's work is a model of contemporary historical research. He writes with admirable clarity.\ London Financial Times\ Dunn's is rich social history, based on factual data brought to life by his use of contemporary narrative accounts.\ Willie Lee Rose, New York Review of Books\ Professor Dunn has written an excellent book: not only is it informative, it is also readable.\ Business History Review\ A masterly analysis of the Caribbean plantation slave society, its lifestyles, ethnic relations, afflictions, and peculiarities.\ Journal of Modern History\ [This] elegantly written book is easily the finest on the subject and a major addition to colonial scholarship.\ Journal of Economic History\ \ \ \ \ \ Journal of Modern HistoryA masterly analysis of the Caribbean plantation slave society, its lifestyles, ethnic relations, afflictions, and peculiarities.\ \ \ New York Review of BooksA remarkable account of the rise of the planter class in the West Indies. . . . Dunn's [work] is rich social history, based on factual data brought to life by his use of contemporary narrative accounts.\ \ \ \ \ American Historical ReviewA study of major importance. . . . Dunn not only provides the most solid and precise account ever written of the social development of the British West Indies down to 1713, he also challenges some traditional historical cliches.\ \
