| Description |
x, 192 p. : map. |
| Note |
"Focusing primarily on the seventeenth century, Gragg draws on wills, censuses, levy books, letters, sermons and journals to tell how Quakers on Barbados sought to implement their beliefs in a place ruled by a planter class that had built its wealth on the backs of slaves"--Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-186) and index. |
| Contents |
"From darkness to light" : the emergence of the Society of Friends in England -- "A little England" : the development of Barbados as England's most prosperous colony -- "Many people convinced" : establishing the Quaker community on Barbados -- "Amongst them called Quakers in this island" : the people attracted to the Quaker community -- "Kept in the heavenly awe of God" : the creation of a Quaker counter-culture on Barbados -- "Uncharitably pursued and anathematized with words, and execrations, and bitter invectives, by a base sort of phanatick people, commonly termed Quakers" : the Quaker critique of the dominant culture -- "Thou hast no right to reign over their conscience in matters of worship of the living God" : the Quaker challenge to slavery on Barbados -- "We are reduced to a very small number" : the decline of the Quaker community on Barbados -- Epilogue. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Quakers -- Barbados -- History -- 17th century.
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Community life -- Barbados -- History -- 17th century.
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Counterculture -- Barbados -- History -- 17th century.
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Slavery -- Barbados -- History -- 17th century.
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Plantation owners -- Barbados -- History -- 17th century.
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Social conflict -- Barbados -- History -- 17th century.
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Barbados -- History -- 17th century.
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Barbados -- Social conditions -- 17th century.
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Barbados -- Church history.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9780826218476 (alk. paper) |
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0826218474 (alk. paper) |
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