The Plantation Slaves of Trinidad, 17831816
Subtitle: A Mathematical and Demographic Enquiry
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: January 27, 1989
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 282
ISBN-13: 9780521361668
Subjects: African history: c 1500 to c 1900; Modern period, c 1500 onwards; History: American; Demographic History; History - General History; Slavery; History: World; Africa; Trinidad & Tobago; Caribbean & West Indies - General; History / Caribbean & West Indies; Slavery--Trinidad--History--18th century; 18th century; Fertility, Human; History; Mortality; Population; Trinidad
First sentence: . . . I speak . . . as an inhabitant of the Island of Trinidad . . . where slaves are not branded with a hot iron; where Families are not separated at the caprice of their owners, or by Judicial Sale for the satisfaction of Creditors; where the evidence of Slaves is admitted, even against their Masters; where every legal facility is afforded to the slave to purchase his freedom; and where he is presumed by Law to be free until proof is brought to the contrary . . .