History of Slavery in the British Caribbean FutureLearn

Overview

Against a backdrop of global protests and civil unrest due to racial inequities in our contemporary society, this course offers the opportunity to explore how these inequalities are related to historical colonial processes.

On the History of Slavery in the British Caribbean course at FutureLearn starting with the context of life, culture, and economy of West Africa, you’ll follow enslaved people through their forced migration to the islands of the Caribbean and the life they found there.

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• The course will teach you how enslaved people lived in the Caribbean and what methods were used to control their way of life and oppress enslaved people.

• As you interpret different types of historical evidence of slavery through written and visual material, you’ll learn how enslaved people resisted slavery in small, everyday ways, as well as through armed rebellion and revolution.

• You’ll also examine the context and events that led to the end of slavery, as well as the labour systems devised to replace it.