Synopses & Reviews
This study of the slave population of Trinidad is based on the Trinidadian slave registrations of 1813, 1815, and 1816, when the Registrar of Slaves recorded information on 17,087 plantation slaves. The principal goal of the study is to draw plausible upper and lower bounds on the levels of plantation slave mortality and fertility in Trinidad in the early nineteenth century.
Review
"...useful tables, graphs, detailed notes, and impressive bibliographies...well-written." Latin American Anthropology Review
Synopsis
This book aims to estimate the levels of plantation slave mortality and fertility in Trinidad.
Table of Contents
List of figures; List of tables; Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Trinidad, 1498 1813; 3. The slave registration order; 4. The population of Trinidad; 5. Plantation slave mortality: methods; 6. Plantation slave mortality; 7. Plantation slave fertility; 8. The plantation slaves of Trinidad; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.