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The International Seminar on the History of the Atlantic World Harvard
University
Fall Workshop: Caribbean Resources for Atlantic History, 1500-1800
November 6-7, 1999
This two-day Workshop will focus on the primary sources for the study of
Atlantic history in the early modern period that are available in the
public repositories and private collections in the Caribbean islands, as
well as those located elsewhere that focus on the Caribbean. Invited
speakers who have worked with those materials and who can assess their
possible uses will join with participants in discussing the documents and
what they suggest about the role of the islands in the history of the
Atlantic world. Possible subjects for discussion will include sources
related to Atlantic commerce, the slave trade, the sugar economy, the
plantation system, and relations among colonial powers in the area, as well
as issues of race, gender, and religion.
Attendance at the Workshop and participation in the discussion are open to
the academic community. Historians at the beginning of their careers,
including Ph.D. candidates, are especially encouraged to attend. Travel
and accommodation expenses will be the responsibility of attendees; the
Workshop will provide lunches and local lodging information.
Pre-registration is required. A preliminary program is outlined below.
For a registration form and additional information, please contact Pat
Denault at the address below.
Preliminary Program
Caribbean Resources for Atlantic History
November 6-7, 1999
Harvard University
[Speakers are confirmed, but please note that the sequence and exact titles
are preliminary.]
Saturday, November 6
- Bernard Bailyn, Harvard University, INTRODUCTION
- Philip Morgan, College of William & Mary,
SOURCES FOR CARIBBEAN PLANTATIONS AND SLAVERY
- Douglas Chambers, University of Southern Mississippi,
ASSESSING FUGITIVE SLAVE ADVERTISEMENTS AS PRIMARY SOURCE
MATERIALS: JAMAICA, 1791-1814
- Jane Landers, Vanderbilt University,
RESOURCES FOR AFRICAN AND INDIGENOUS HISTORY IN SPANISH CARIBBEAN
ARCHIVES
- Laurent Dubois, Michigan State University,
OUTRE-MER: THE ARCHIVES OF THE FRENCH CARIBBEAN
Sunday, November 7
- David Hancock, University of Michigan,
ARCHIVAL SOURCES FOR ATLANTIC HISTORY IN THE WEST INDIES
- James Robertson, University of the West Indies, Mona,
"ONE ONE COCOA FILL BASKET": JAMAICAN ARCHIVAL RESOURCES FOR 17TH-
AND 18TH-CENTURY ATLANTIC HISTORY
- Wim Klooster, University of Southern Maine,
IMPERIAL RELATIONS IN THE CARIBBEAN: SOURCES IN THE SPANISH
AND DUTCH ARCHIVES
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