Degrees of freedom in the Caribbean: Archaeological explorations of transitions from slavery

Douglas V. Armstrong

doi:10.1017/S0003598X00099828

Degrees of freedom in the Caribbean: Archaeological explorations of transitions from slavery

Douglas V. Armstrong

Department of Anthropology

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Abstract

The anniversary of the abolition of slavery was justly celebrated worldwide in 2007. But what is the character of freedom, how does it relate to material culture, and how can archaeology study it? The author here summarises ideas he has been developing in Jamaica and York over the past two years.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	146-160
Number of pages	15
Journal	Antiquity
Volume	84
Issue number	323
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003598X00099828
State	Published - Mar 2010

Keywords

Caribbean
Property
Slavery
Theory

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Archaeology
General Arts and Humanities

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