The West Indies Flashcards
what was the population in Barbados?
1670- 17 slaves for every indentured labourer
by 1700- 15k free whites, 50k enslaved
when were the slave rebellions?
Barbados 1675 and 1692
1692- island wide resulted in 40 slaves being executed
when was the Barbados Slave Code?
1661
what was the Barbados Slave Code?
marked the beginning of the legal codification of slavery
it established that black slaves would be treated as chattel property in the island’s court
master’s were required to provide each slave with a set of clothing per year but had no standards set for diet, housing and working conditions
by 1660, how much trade did Barbados generate?
more than all of the English colonies combined
how much land was held in 1680?
over half the arable land was held by 175 large planter, each of whom held at least 60 slaves
when and how much did the West Indian sugar crop sell for compared to tobacco?
1668- sugar crop sold for £180k after customs of £18k
Chesapeake tobacco earned £50k after customs of £75k
where were the poorer whites moved to?
the Leeward Islands, especially Jamaica
what were irregulars? why were they hired?
pirates that were hired to protect the islands because the military was not large enough
who was Henry Morgan?
hired in 1660s- brutally plundered Panama in 1671
after the Treaty of Madrid, became the Deputy Governor of Jamaica
what was the Treaty of Madrid?
signed in 1670- the Spanish accepted the legality of the English colonies
marked the end of irregulars
what was Charles’ tax on sugar exported from the island?
managed to get the Barbados assembly and the Leeward Islands to grant him a 4.5% tax
