Professor Rose-Marie Belle Antoine
The “Doctrine of the Reception of the Law”
Dr. Ivan Van Sertima
‘They Came Before Columbus’ (book)
Dr. Eric Williams
From Capitalism and Slavery: “Slavery was not born of racism, but rather, racism was the consequence of slavery.”
Dr. Eric Williams (2)
Same book: “Emancipation from above, emancipation from below, but, emancipation.”
Three main plantation writers
Raymond T Smith
George Beckford
Dr. Eric Williams
R.T. Smith (1996)
Indicated that the plantation was a “total” institution
Erving Goffman (Canadian)
Stated that a “total” constitution is a type of system where people are cut off from the rest of society or from the wider community
George Beckord (Jamaican)
In book ‘Persistent Poverty’: Indicated that poverty continues to exist today since slavery and the plantation held back the region.
Dr E. Williams (3)
In book, he states that the triangular trade and slavery developed Europe and resulted in the underdevelopment of the Caribbean.
