Free Coloreds in the Slave Societies of St. Kitts and Grenada, 1763-1833

220 Pages·1984·9.956 MB·English

by  Edward L. Cox

Free Coloreds
in the Slave Societies
of St. Kitts and
Grenada,1763-1833
Edward L. Cox
In 1830 Grenada had a slave population
of almost 24,000, with another 4,000 free
blacks and only 761 whites. How could
slavery have persisted under such demog¬
raphic conditions? Edward L. Cox ex¬
amines this question and others as he
traces the fate of free coloreds on Grenada
and St. Kitts, focusing on the crucial
seventy-year period that preceded eman¬
cipation.
Cox shows that the frequency and ease
with which slaves obtained freedom did not
necessarily correlate with improved status
for free coloreds or with improved race re¬
lations. His account reconstructs contem¬
porary patterns of society on both islands
and analyzes the dynamics of black and
white interaction.
(Continued on back flap)

Free Coloreds
in the Slave Societies
of St. Kitts and
Grenada,1763-1833

Edward L. Cox
Free Coloreds
in the Slave Societies
of St. Kitts and
Grenada,1763-1833
COPYRIGHT © 1984
BY THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE PRESS / KNOXVILLE.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
MANUFACTURED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
Publication of this book has been aided by a grant from the
American Council of Learned Societies
from funds provided by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Cox, Edward L., 1943-
Free coloreds in the slave societies of St. Kitts and
Grenada, 1763-1833.
Bibliography: p.
Includes index.
1. Slavery—Saint Kitts. 2. Slavery—Grenada.
3. Saint Kitts—History. 4. Grenada—History.
I. Title
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