Author： Burnard Trevor
Publisher： Routledge Ltd
ISSN： 0144-039X
Source： Slavery & Abolition, Vol.32, Iss.2, 2011-06, pp. : 185-198
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Abstract
This essay focuses on the competing identities that came to be associated with British West Indians during the foundational period of British abolitionism. The essay evaluates the competing images of the West Indian planter class, paying particular attention to how place and time influenced political, cultural and racial perceptions of British planters in the Caribbean. The article addresses the impact that a rising tide of abolitionism in Britain had on perceptions of West Indian planters, and contends that planters became relatively powerless to define their own image in the face of growing abolitionist attacks on slavery.
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