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Name: Jason Dennis

Form: 5A

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Table of Contents

Preface1

Introduction2-3

The British Laws4

Punishments5-

!uties"""#

Conclusion""$

%&&endi'"""(-12

Biblio)ra&h*"13

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+,.TI/0: What evidence is there to prove that the Africans, who arrived in theBritish West Indies between the years 1655 and 1807, were ill-treated?

TCaribbean Economy and Slavery

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To examine the horrors of ritish !est "ndian Slavery

To assess the conditions that slaves #or$ed %nder in ritish &lantation slavery

To disc%ss the reason slavery #as fo%'ht a'ainst by h%manitarian 'ro%&s

To investi'ate #hy slavery #as overly detested by slaves

To see ho# ritish !est "ndian &lanters ab%sed slaves to the &oint #here they

#ere treated li$e animals

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Slavery #as an interestin' &eriod in ritish !est "ndian (istory) "t #as

com&rised of vario%s sectors aimed at one 'oal* #hich #as to ma$e a &rofit* no matter

#hat) Slavery #as nothin' to be adored beca%se it only #ro%'ht bitterness for the

enslaved individ%als) A sim&le &ro'nosis is fo%nd in the #ords of the 'reat &oetic

&hiloso&her and +o%rnalist* Jos, -art.* in one of his #ritin's* /(atred* slavery0s inevitable

aftermath1) The (interlands of !est Africa #as #here it started* and it follo#ed thro%'h

#ith a lot of s%fferin' and &eril before finally endin' in catastro&he for the &lanters and

initial ex%ltation for the slaves) This research #ill ed%cate the reader abo%t the conditions

%nder #hich slaves &rod%ced the vario%s cash cro&s in the ritish !est "ndies)

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The horrible treatments of slaves #ill be forever en'raved in the history boo$s)

The obvio%s effects have been &ast do#n to 'enerations and have been ex&ressed thro%'h

racist evil behaviors) The hatred s&read do#n thro%'h 'enerations li$e #ildfires on a hot

s%mmer day in a #ild b%sh) The evils of slavery #ere so ma+or that the half co%ld never

have been told) %t ho# all this ill2treatment come to /a head1* #as o%t of the #ant for a

ne# labo%r so%rce in the S%'ar 3evol%tion) 4lanters #anted to invest in free labo%r and

did not care as m%ch abo%t the blac$ #or$ers as they did the #or$ they yielded) This lo#

cost* hi'h efficiency &rod%ction* #hen finally achieved #o%ld have made them rich and

co%ld even sec%re their &lace some#here in the E%ro&ean aristocracy)

Ta$in' the slaves as &ersonal &ro&erty* &lanters %sed and ab%sed them in the most

des&icable #ays &ossible) The slaves also fo%'ht bac$* b%t not ever in a ritish Colony*

#ere slaves s%ccessf%l in a resistant action a'ainst &lanters) !hen slaves sli&&ed %& or

fo%'ht bac$* the real #rath of the &lanters #as %nleashed) The &%nishments for certain

sim&le mista$es #ere horrible and +%st f%rthered the already atrocio%s conditions %nder

#hich these individ%als tried to s%rvive) S&ain r%led over most of the islands %ntil aro%nd

655* #hen the ritish too$ over some) The chan'e in &o#er also res%lted in a chan'e in

la#s* and th%s slave la#s) The evil had +%st started since the /7a Siete 4artidas1 8S&anish

7a#s9 #ere more com&assionate in their a&&roach to the dealin' #ith the slaves than the

4olice 7a#s of the ritish 8develo&ed bet#een 66 and ;

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After the ta$eover of the islands by the ritish* the Slave Trade contin%ed %ntil

=ed that b%yin' #as not really im&ortant as lon' as the slaves

re&rod%ced* beca%se the children #o%ld be &ro&erty of the &lanters)

The different methods of &%nishments contin%ed and #ere %&'raded time after

time in order to $ee& slaves in order) Some of these incl%ded #hi&&in'* bein' &%t in the

stoc$s and bein' &%t in the &lantations /hos&ital1) Slave revolts and risin's #ere ever

antici&ated beca%se man sim&ly #asnt made to live #itho%t freedom and #o%ld

'enerally fi'ht anyone #ho tries to contravene s%ch a ri'ht) "n these slaves cases* there

#ere no ri'hts s%ch as freedom #hich belon'ed to them* beca%se the color of bond

slavery #as blac$)

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The ritish colonies of the ;

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!henever slaves #ere acc%sed of doin' #ron' they #ere &%nished either

immediately or after their co%rt hearin') "n the co%rts* a slave acc%sed of any crime

a'ainst a #hite &erson #as doomed) No testimony co%ld be made by a slave a'ainst a

#hite &erson) Therefore* the slave0s side of the story co%ld never be told in a co%rt of la#)

And of co%rse* slaves #ere never members of +%ries as #ell) The &%nishment varied on

the ty&e of char'e and the >one #here they resided 8r%ral or %rban9)

4%nishments for disobeyin' colonialists* 8accordin' to data from records $e&t on

n%mero%s &lantations9 differed bet#een men and #omen) !hen male slaves #ere

&%nished* they received on avera'e 5 to < /stri&es1 from the driver 8slave #ho #as

'iven #hi& to direct other #or$er slaves9* or by a /Jimmy J%m&er1 8a slave randomly

a&&ointed by the driver to %se the #hi&9) Common &%nishment for #omen incl%ded a

varied &eriod of time in the stoc$s* solitary confinement and even #hi&&in') !hi&&in'

#as finally abandoned for females in the late ;=

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For offenses s%ch as the destr%ction of 'oods* the slave* if convicted and fo%nd

'%ilty* #as to be &%blicly and feverishly #hi&&ed* not exceedin' forty lashes) "f the

slave re&eated the said offense they co%ld have the ti& of his or her nostrils c%t* and be

branded in the forehead #ith a hot iron* that the mar$ thereof may remain) "f a slave #as

fo%nd '%ilty a third time* then that slave shall be +%d'ed and be &%t to death)

!o%nds #ere normally left o&en and bleedin' to bacteria and slaves #ho #ere

too severely battered #ere +%st finished of #ith) These $inds of +%stified $illin's they did

to s&end as less on labor as &ossible) @n certain &lantations* m%tilation #asnt allo#ed

b%t on others* the deeds done to &%t slaves in /order1 #ere endless) -ost of these

m%tilations #ere instit%ted to ma$e exam&les of the slaves #ho had tried to esca&e* and

normally in these cases* #hole body &arts #o%ld have been lost)

"n the %rban areas es&ecially* slaves #o%ld be &%nished sometimes by &%blic

h%miliation) Some of these &%nishments incl%ded: bein' &%t in stoc$s* bein' &%t in the

&illory* han'in' hi'h in an iron 'ibbet %ntil dead and han'in' by body &arts 8hands* feet*

ribs9) Slavery #as an establishment of terror* made to drive fear into slaves so that they

#o%ld obey their s%&eriors) !hi&&in's #ere normally done #ith the c%l&rit tied to a &ost

or a cart#heel) There #ere also incidents #here a slave #ho str%c$ a #hite &erson #as

b%rnt to death)

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The slaves all had to do some %n&leasant +obs for their masters at some time

or another) Domestic slaves %sed to have to act as mimes for the entertainment of '%ests

and children and #o%ld normally be sent bac$ to field d%ties if the masters didnt

a&&reciate the act) The field slaves 'ot the #orst of the &lanters #rath* beca%se they did

the hardest #or$ on the &lantations) Artisans #ere normally hired o%t and received some

&ercenta'e of the money &aid for their services)

"n the fields* #hi&&in' #as very common as slaves %sed to try to ta$e brea$s)

They al#ays sho#ed their resistance to the masters and #ere &%nished dreadf%lly) "f a

slave #or$ed too slo#ly* the only method %sed to s&eed them %&* #as #hi&&in') This

sometimes res%lted in them dyin' of fati'%e) The only brea$s they 'ot #ere brea$fast and

s%&&er) The food they received #as not m%ch either* so they 'ot tired after sometime in

the field)

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"n concl%sion* slaves #ere badly treated by their %ndeservin'* ini%ito%s* r%thless

masters) The slaves had done nothin' to deserve s%ch treatments) As the ancient ree$

fab%list and a%thor* Aeso& said once* /etter to starve free than to be a fat slave1) Slavery

encom&assed both the mental and s&irit%al bo%ndaries) Slaves tried to %se /@beah1 and

/oodoo1 to try to release their minds from the cl%tches of slavery) "t is said that the

slaves resistance to their condition #as similar to* and infl%enced by* the res&onse of the

Amerindians to bein' enslaved by the S&anish) This is said beca%se they not only ref%sed

to #or$ b%t also tried to r%n a#ay to +oin other bands of &eo&le to hel& fi'ht the #hites)

They #o%ld both &refer death to bonda'e)

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