Simplicity, Equality, and Slavery (eBook)

An Archaeology of Quakerism in the British Virgin Islands, 1740-1780

John M. Chenoweth (Autor)

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2017
266 Seiten
University of Florida Press (Verlag)
978-1-68340-016-5 (ISBN)

Infos

"A significant empirical contribution to the transdisciplinary study of eighteenthcentury



Atlantic history and the colonial history of the Christian Church."--Dan Hicks, author of The Garden of the World: An Historical Archaeology of Sugar Landscapes in the Eastern Caribbean







"Thoughtfully applies practice theory to the concept of Quakerism as a religion, while simultaneously examining how Quaker practices shaped the lives not only of practitioners but those they enslaved."--James A. Delle, author of The Colonial Caribbean: Landscapes of Power in the Plantation System







"A nuanced look at Quakerism and its relationship with slavery."--Patricia M. Samford, author of Subfloor Pits and the Archaeology of Slavery in Colonial Virginia

Inspired by the Quaker ideals of simplicity, equality, and peace, a group of white planters formed a community in the British Virgin Islands during the eighteenth century. Yet they lived in a slave society, and nearly all their members held enslaved people. In this book, John Chenoweth examines how the community navigated the contradictions of Quakerism and plantation ownership.

Using archaeological and archival information, Chenoweth reveals how a web of connections led to the community's establishment, how Quaker religious practices intersected with other aspects of daily life in the Caribbean, and how these practices were altered to fit a slavery-based economy and society. He also examines how dissent and schism eventually brought about the end of the community after just one generation. This is a fascinating study of the ways religious ideals can be interpreted in everyday practice to adapt to different local contexts.

A volume in the Florida Museum of Natural History: Ripley P. Bullen Series

Autor

John M. Chenoweth is assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Michigan–Dearborn. He is the winner of the 2019 Society for Historical Archaeology John L. Cotter Award.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 28.3.2017
• Reihe/Serie: Florida Museum of Natural History: Ripley P. Bullen Series
• Zusatzinfo: 28 b/w illus, 7 maps, 13 tables, 2 appendixes
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Christentum
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Schlagworte: Antiquities • British Virgin Islands • Caribbean history • Daily Life • eighteenth century history • material culture • plantation archaeology • Quakerism • Quakers • Religion and sociology • Religious Life And Customs • Religious Society of Friends • slavery based economy • slave society
• ISBN-10: 1-68340-016-X / 168340016X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-68340-016-5 / 9781683400165