Slavery and Freedom in the British Caribbean Part 1

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• The criticisms of slavery arising in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries
• The characteristics of slave societies and plantation economies in the British Caribbean
• Efforts by slaveholders and their allies to prevent or delay the dismantling of British slave systems
• The role of enslaved people in opposing and resisting slavery

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Display effective time management in preparation of class and coursework assignments
• Work independently in preparing for class work and written assignments
• Critically assess large amounts of complex material

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Analyse, interpret and use historical evidence
• Understand key debates that have divided historians of slave emancipation

This module examines the slave systems of the British Empire. It looks at how enslaved people resisted these systems and at the ways in which men and women in the British isles criticized slavery. It begins by looking at the character of slavery in the British Caribbean, exploring the economic and social structure of slave societies. The module also investigates the rise in Britain of organised opposition to slavery and the slave trade after the 1780s.

The module is taught via seminars. You will receive a pack of historical documents which will form the focus for weekly group discussions. You will also be encouraged to find additional sources in local libraries.

Learning activities include

• Reading and private study
• Group discussions
• Mini-presentations by students

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Repeat

An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.