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Antiquities
Author_John M. Chenoweth
British Virgin Islands
Caribbean history
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daily life
eighteenth century history
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Material culture
Plantation Archaeology
quakerism
Quakers
Religion and sociology
Religious life and customs
Religious Society of Friends
slave society
slavery based economy
Product details
- ISBN 9781683400110
- Weight: 522g
- Dimensions: 151 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 28 Mar 2017
- Publisher: University Press of Florida
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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Inspired by the Quaker ideals of simplicity, equality, and peace, a group of white planters formed a community in the British Virgin Islands during the eighteenth century. Yet they lived in a slave society, and nearly all their members held enslaved people. In this book, John Chenoweth examines how the community navigated the contradictions of Quakerism and plantation ownership.
Using archaeological and archival information, Chenoweth reveals how a web of connections led to the community’s establishment, how Quaker religious practices intersected with other aspects of daily life in the Caribbean, how these practices were altered to fit a slavery-based economy and society, and how the eventual development of dissent and schism brought about the end of the community after just one generation. He uses this story as a fascinating example of the ways religious ideals can be interpreted in everyday practice to adapt to different local contexts.
Using archaeological and archival information, Chenoweth reveals how a web of connections led to the community’s establishment, how Quaker religious practices intersected with other aspects of daily life in the Caribbean, how these practices were altered to fit a slavery-based economy and society, and how the eventual development of dissent and schism brought about the end of the community after just one generation. He uses this story as a fascinating example of the ways religious ideals can be interpreted in everyday practice to adapt to different local contexts.
