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100 1 _aGragg, Larry Dale,
_d1950-
245 1 4 _aThe Quaker community on Barbados
_h[electronic resource] :
_bchallenging the culture of the planter class /
_cLarry Gragg.
260 _aColumbia :
_bUniversity of Missouri Press,
_cc2009.
300 _a1 online resource (x, 192 p.) :
_bmap.
500 _a"Focusing primarily on the seventeenth century, Gragg draws on wills, censuses, levy books, letters, sermons and journals to tell how Quakers on Barbados sought to implement their beliefs in a place ruled by a planter class that had built its wealth on the backs of slaves"--Provided by publisher.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 167-186) and index.
505 0 _a"From darkness to light" : the emergence of the Society of Friends in England -- "A little England" : the development of Barbados as England's most prosperous colony -- "Many people convinced" : establishing the Quaker community on Barbados -- "Amongst them called Quakers in this island" : the people attracted to the Quaker community -- "Kept in the heavenly awe of God" : the creation of a Quaker counter-culture on Barbados -- "Uncharitably pursued and anathematized with words, and execrations, and bitter invectives, by a base sort of phanatick people, commonly termed Quakers" : the Quaker critique of the dominant culture -- "Thou hast no right to reign over their conscience in matters of worship of the living God" : the Quaker challenge to slavery on Barbados -- "We are reduced to a very small number" : the decline of the Quaker community on Barbados -- Epilogue.
500 _aDescription based on print version record.
650 0 _aQuakers
_zBarbados
_xHistory
_y17th century.
650 0 _aCommunity life
_zBarbados
_xHistory
_y17th century.
650 0 _aCounterculture
_zBarbados
_xHistory
_y17th century.
650 0 _aSlavery
_zBarbados
_xHistory
_y17th century.
650 0 _aPlantation owners
_zBarbados
_xHistory
_y17th century.
650 0 _aSocial conflict
_zBarbados
_xHistory
_y17th century.
651 0 _aBarbados
_xHistory
_y17th century.
651 0 _aBarbados
_xSocial conditions
_y17th century.
651 0 _aBarbados
_xChurch history.
655 4 _aElectronic books.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_aGragg, Larry Dale, 1950-
_tQuaker community on Barbados.
_dColumbia : University of Missouri Press, c2009
_z9780826218476
_w(DLC) 2009004942
_w(OCoLC)277196213
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