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Iron in the Soul. How do the British overseer’s and planters justify slavery Necessary evil Planters saw slavery as a right What does slavery look like What do slaves do? How are they punished in Jamaica?. What are the modern day influences of slavery in the Caribbean today? CHURCH
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Iron in the Soul • How do the British overseer’s and planters justify slavery • Necessary evil • Planters saw slavery as a right • What does slavery look like • What do slaves do? • How are they punished in Jamaica?
What are the modern day influences of slavery in the Caribbean today? • CHURCH • Economic power • Racial attitudes • Education • Assimilation; “colonials take it a little too seriously” • Politics: 1960s • Lessening influence across generations • Insecurity
How does sex and interracial marriage show the influences? • Who are the redlegs? Why do they stay poor?
Out of Africa • How are Haiti and Jamaica similar? • How are Haiti and Jamaica different? • Haitian revolution • Role of religion • Why is Toussaint L’Overture important? • Subsistence farming as Africanism in Haiti/market systems • Loa-vodun
How do British and French cultures of slavery differ? • What are the Africanisms in the Caribbean? • How do the European and African Cultures meld? What are Examples?