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E-book Mapping Water in Dominica : Enslavement and Environment under Colonialism

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?e probate that accompanied the suit included a detailed descrip-tion of the property, documenting enslaved laborers, buildings, furniture, ani-mals, equipment, and the disposition of the land. ?e estate in question was in the southwestern quarter of the island of Dominica (maps I. and I.?). For those acquainted with Caribbean estates, this is a familiar story. In their descrip-tion, the document’s authors stated that the buildings were “slight and can only answer a temporary purpose.” Of the slaves, the authors agreed that all ?? were generally healthy and able-bodied in the minds of the attorneys. What struck me as I read the document was the state of the land. Aside from a few smallholders who were squatting on the property, most of the coffee ?elds had been le? to nature. One parcel was “totally abandoned and [became] a common for cattle.” Perhaps the most interesting comment was the one made about the cane ?elds: “One remark that has forcibly struck us is that the cutting down of the Galba fences where the canes are now planted was highly injurious, in a situation so much exposed to the wind and must prove extremely injurious to the canes.” ?ese ?elds were in the process of being abandoned. ?e probate ends with these damning words, “We deem it necessary to remark—under all the circumstances of this property, that on demanding of the present manager . . . what salary he was allowed . . . he stated it be ?? joes [a large sum in ] per annum.”?e account describes a Dickensian situation: a ramshackle estate with a few settlers and over one hundred slaves of all ages and origins, who use former cof-fee lands to graze their cattle and livestock, run by an incompetent manager living in a rotting estate house. ?e account is interesting in that it describes abandonment of prime land.

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Judul Seri

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No. Panggil

320.58 HAU m

Penerbit

USA : University of Washington Press., 2021

Deskripsi Fisik

269 hlm

Bahasa

English

ISBN/ISSN

9780295748733

Klasifikasi

320.58

Tipe Isi

text

Tipe Media

computer

Tipe Pembawa

online resource

Edisi

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Subjek

Environmentalist Political Ideologies

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