Contesting Freedom

Gad J. Heuman (Editor), David V. Trotman (Editor), Pan Macmillan Limited

This collection of studies is concerned with exploring some of the many issues faced by Caribbean Societies, as those societies grappled with the problems generated by the demise of slavery. The experiences of the post-slavery period make the Caribbean less of a homogenous area of ​​study then the slave period, when the commonalities were more obvious and compelling. The circumstances in which the slave systems were dismantled, and the differences in the timing of the end of slavery combine with other factors to make the Caribbean an area of ​​diverse post-emancipation experiences, despite some obvious areas of real commonality.