Book contents
- The Yoruba Are on a Rock
- Cambridge Studies on the African Diaspora
- The Yoruba Are on a Rock
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures and Table
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 ‘Old Creoles’
- 2 ‘Scenes of Former Slavery’
- 3 New Nations
- 4 Bonds of Survival
- 5 ‘Acquaintances and Countrymen’
- 6 ‘Joining Their Countrymen and Women’
- 7 ‘They Call Them the Yarriba People, It Was African Dance’
- 8 ‘Three Nights’
- 9 ‘In the Form of the Baptists’
- 10 ‘Grenada Ain’t Far from Africa’
- Epilogue
- Appendix
- Bibliography
- Index
2 - ‘Scenes of Former Slavery’
Abolitionism and the Persistence of Unfree Labour
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 September 2025
Book contents
- The Yoruba Are on a Rock
- Cambridge Studies on the African Diaspora
- The Yoruba Are on a Rock
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures and Table
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 ‘Old Creoles’
- 2 ‘Scenes of Former Slavery’
- 3 New Nations
- 4 Bonds of Survival
- 5 ‘Acquaintances and Countrymen’
- 6 ‘Joining Their Countrymen and Women’
- 7 ‘They Call Them the Yarriba People, It Was African Dance’
- 8 ‘Three Nights’
- 9 ‘In the Form of the Baptists’
- 10 ‘Grenada Ain’t Far from Africa’
- Epilogue
- Appendix
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
One-fifth of recaptives landing between 1836 and 1837 were involuntarily enlisted in the West Indian Regiment in Trinidad. The rest of the recaptives were required to sign contracts of indentureship, most commonly on sugar and cocoa plantations. The contractual obligations of indentured Africans were shaped by the same terms of apprenticeship imposed on formerly enslaved peoples following emancipation, and their survival and resistance strategies similarly recalled those previously enacted by African Grenadians. Chapter 2 provides an overview of the various indentureship schemes on the island, including the experiences of the recaptured at reception depots and their contractual requirements. It also explains the preference for African as opposed to South Asian labourers, and how the ideas about civilising Africans informed the campaigns and arguments of both supporters and opponents of the scheme.
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- The Yoruba Are on a RockRecaptured Africans and the Orisas of Grenada, pp. 74 - 101Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2025
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