West Indies Before and Since Slave Emancipation
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Animal Kingdoms
Author_John Davy
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British colonial Caribbean studies
British Guiana
Carbonic Acid Gas
Caribbean emancipation social transformation
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Codrington College
colonial medical history
East Indies
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estates
Fine Grained Felspar
Fish Pots
Foot Path
gauge
indentured labour systems
Indies
islands
Large Family
leeward
Leeward Coast
path
Pine Apple
plantation social dynamics
Plaster Of Paris
post-emancipation Caribbean society
Present Transition State
race relations nineteenth century
rain
Salt Water
Sea Water
Sir William Young
sugar
Sugar Estates
Thunder Storms
volcanic
Water Fall
Wind Mills
Windmill
windward
Windward Coast
Young Men
Product details
- ISBN 9780714619354
- Weight: 1230g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 11 Nov 2004
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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John Davy (1790-1868) was an English doctor and brother of the chemist Sir Humphrey Davy. After graduating from Edinburgh University, in 1814 Davy became Inspector General of Army Hospitals, and he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1834. In his capacity as Inspector General, he spent 1845-1848 living in Barbados and visiting other Caribbean Islands. This volume, first published in 1854, describes the society and culture of Barbados and other islands, including Trinidad, Tobago and St Lucia. Based on Davy's notes and observations made while stationed on the island, the book describes in vivid detail the disparities in education, quality of life and behaviour between the freed slaves, indentured servants and plantation owners of Barbados and other islands. Davy's sympathetic account provides valuable first-hand descriptions of the social conditions and tensions which existed after the Emancipation Act of 1834.
John Davy Inspector General of Army Hospitals.
