Title Simplicity, equality, and slavery : an archaeology of Quakerism in the British Virgin Islands, 1740-1780 / John M. Chenoweth

Published Gainesville : University of Florida Press, 2017 ©2017

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Description 1 online resource Series Florida Museum of Natural History: Ripley P. Bullen series Ripley P. Bullen series. Contents Introduction: "In the bowels of Our Lord" -- Contexts : the history and archaeology of the British Virgin Islands and their Meeting -- "Two plantations" on the plantation : simplicity, wealth, and status -- "Furnished with convenience for a meeting house" : simplicity and meetinghouses -- Peace and weaponry on BVI Quaker sites -- Discipline, community, and conformity -- Equality, race, and slavery in BVI communities -- Reconsidering simplicity, equality, peace, and the end of the Meeting Summary The author uses archaeological and archival information to reveal the everyday life of this group of Quakers residing in the British Virgin Islands between 1741 and 1763. He traces this discreet group of mostly poor, white planters settled on Tortola in the community of Little Jost van Dyke from the earliest documented appearance in the 1740 records, through the final census--which showed only five enslaved inhabitants remaining in the community Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Quakers -- British Virgin Islands -- History -- 18th century Slavery -- British Virgin Islands -- History -- 18th century Plantation life -- British Virgin Islands -- History -- 18th century Religion and sociology -- British Virgin Islands -- History -- 18th century Archaeology and history -- British Virgin Islands Material culture -- British Virgin Islands -- History -- 18th century RELIGION -- Christianity -- Denominations. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Archaeology. Antiquities Archaeology and history Material culture Plantation life Quakers Religion and sociology Slavery SUBJECT British Virgin Islands -- Antiquities British Virgin Islands -- Religious life and customs Subject British Virgin Islands Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781683400165 168340016X 9781683400288 1683400283

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