Why I’m Glad I Worked on an Edited Collection
Today at The Junto, Rachel Herrmann reflects on the work that went into her edited volume on...
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Plantations and Homes
This article is about the wealth and material culture of the Jamaican elite during the age of abolition.
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The Material Cultures of Slavery and Abolition
This is the introduction to a special issue of the journal Slavery and Abolition, which gathered together articles by historians and archaeologists seeking to shed new light on the system of slavery, and on the processes of abolition and emancipation, in the … Continue reading...
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The Fall of the Planter Class
This is the introduction to a special issue of the journal Atlantic Studies, about the fall of the planters.
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Gluttony, Excess, and the Fall of the Planter Class
Food and rituals around eating are a fundamental part of human existence. They can also be heavily politicized and socially significant. In the British Caribbean, white slaveholders were renowned for their hospitality towards one another and towards white visitors.
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