Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Map vi
4. Abbreviations vii
5. Acknowledgements viii
6. Preface ix
7. Introduction: William Young, Rural England, the Caribbean and Paternalism 1
8. 1 Buckinghamshire and the Poor Law 27
9. 2 The Abolition of the Slave Trade and the State of Africa 53
10. 3 The Labouring Poor in England and the Enslaved in the Caribbean 86
11. 4 St Vincent and the Loss of an Inheritance 102
12. 5 The Enslaved on Young’s Plantations: St Vincent and Antigua 137
13. 6 Tobago 174
14. Conclusion 201
15. Bibliographical Essay 212
16. Index 219