L5ANM512 - Plantation Societies in the British Caribbean - MCournil

This course focuses on the plantation societies that emerged in the British Caribbean during the long 18th century. The economy of British colonies — Jamaica, Barbados, Dominica, ... — became increasingly dependent on enslaved African labour. The ever-growing metropolitan demand for colonial produce (sugar, coffee, cotton) led to the transportation of millions of captives from the coast of West Africa to the Caribbean and to their exploitation in the sugar fields.