FOREWORDACKNOWLEDGMENTS
NOTE ON SOURCES
INTRODUCTION
1. BARBADOS AND THE
FREEDMAN POPULATION
2. MANUMISSION AND THE
VALIDATION OF FREE STATUS
3. THE POLITICO-JUDICIAL
SYSTEM: LEGAL STATUS AND THE REDUCTION OF CIVIL RIGHTS
4. THE POLITICO-JUDICIAL
SYSTEM: LEGAL STATUS AND THE EXPANSION OF CIVIL RIGHTS
5. THE MILITIA OF
BARBADOS
6. THE ECONOMIC SYSTEM:
OCCUPATIONS, WEALTH, AND PROPERTY
7. THE RELIGIOUS SYSTEM:
CHURCHES AND CHRISTIANITY
8. THE EDUCATIONAL
SYSTEM: SCHOOLS AND LITERACY
9. FREEDMEN IN THE
BARBADIAN SOCIAL ORDER
INDEX