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When referring to this work, full bibliographic details including the author, title, awarding institution and date of the thesis must be given. ‘They can now digest strong meats:’ Two Decades of Expansion, Adaptation, Innovation, and Maturation on Barbados, 1680-1700. Ryan Dennis McGuinness PhD Thesis University of Edinburgh 2017 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................... 7 PART I: HISTORIOGRAPHY ................................................................................................................. 7 PART II: THE SOURCES ................................................................................................................... 24 PART III: THE DISSERTATION’S STRUCTURE .................................................................................. 35 CHAPTER 1: AN OVERVIEW OF LATE-SEVENTEENTH CENTURY BARBADOS: CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENT .....................................................45 CHAPTER 2: AN OVERVIEW OF LATE-SEVENTEENTH CENTURY BARBADOS: DEMOGRAPHICS AND DISEASE .........................................................................65 PART I: THE 1680 AND 1684 CENSUSES ....................................................................................... 66 PART II: DISEASE ON BARBADOS DURING THE 1680S AND 1690S ................................................ 91 CONCLUSION ................................................................................................................................. 113 CHAPTER 3: BARBADOS AND THE MOVEMENT OF UNFREE LABOR, 1660- 1720 ..................................................................................................................... 117 PART I: INDENTURED SERVITUDE DURING THE LATE-SEVENTEENTH CENTURY .......................... 121 PART II: THE BARBADIAN SLAVE TRADE ....................................................................................... 136 Section I: Barbados’ Place Within the Trade Compared to other Nations ..................... 136 Section II: A Yearly Breakdown of the Barbadian Slave Trade, 1680-1700 .................. 146 Section III: The Effects of the Slave Trade on Barbados’ Enslaved Population ............ 151 Section IV: The Unrecorded Interloping Trade ................................................................... 155 PART III: BARBADOS AND THE ANGLO-SPANISH SLAVE TRADE ................................................... 167 CONCLUSION ................................................................................................................................. 180 CHAPTER 4: BARBADIAN IMPORT AND EXPORT TRADE, 1680-1700 ........... 185 PART I: CARIBBEAN MERCANTILISM AND THE NAVIGATION ACTS ................................................ 190 PART II: THE BARBADIAN ECONOMY: IMPORTED/EXPORTED GOODS, 1680-1688 .................... 196 PART III: THE IMPORTATION AND EXPORTATION OF GOODS, 1689-1697 ................................... 213 Section I: Collapse and Convoys ......................................................................................... 213 Section II: Securing Additional Supplies During the War .................................................. 236 CONCLUSION ..................................................................................................................................... 245 CHAPTER 5: THE BARBADIANS’ QUEST FOR ENERGY IN THE SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY CARIBBEAN, 1680-1700 ........................................ 257 PART I: THE ORIGINS OF CALORIC ENERGY ON BARBADOS ....................................................... 261 PART II: IMPORTING ANIMAL ENERGY .......................................................................................... 293 PART III: THE ISLANDERS’ BATTLE AGAINST DECLINING SOIL FERTILITY, 1680-1700 ............... 304 PART IV: IMPORTING FUELWOOD INTO BARBADOS ..................................................................... 313 CONCLUSION ................................................................................................................................. 327 CONCLUSION: A LOOK AHEAD TO THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY ................ 333 BIBLIOGRAPHY .................................................................................................. 353 MANUSCRIPT SOURCES ................................................................................................................ 353 PRINTED/INTERNET PRIMARY SOURCES ...................................................................................... 356 SECONDARY SOURCE MATERIAL .................................................................................................. 359 3 4 LIST OF CHARTS, GRAPHS, MAPS, PICTURES, AND TABLES INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................... 7 CHAPTER 1: AN OVERVIEW OF LATE-SEVENTEENTH CENTURY BARBADOS: CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENT .....................................................45 MAP 1.1: EASTERN COAST AND THE SCOTLAND DISTRICT, 1685 ................................................. 49 GRAPH 1.1: DAYS AND INTENSITY OF RAIN, 18 APRIL TO 24 AUGUST, 1680 ............................... 51 GRAPH 1.2: STRENGTH OF WIND BETWEEN 18 APRIL AND 24 AUGUST, 1680 ............................. 52 TABLE 1.1: CLIMATIC CONDITIONS, ENGLISH CARIBBEAN, 1680-1700 ........................................ 56 CHAPTER 2: AN OVERVIEW OF LATE-SEVENTEENTH CENTURY BARBADOS: DEMOGRAPHICS AND DISEASE .........................................................................65 MAP 2.1: THE ISLAND OF BARBADOS: PARISHES AND TOWNS ..................................................... 67 TABLE 2.1: DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION COMPILED FROM THE 1680 CENSUS .......................... 68 MAP 2.2: PLANTATIONS IN ST. MICHAEL’S, ST. GEORGE’S, CHRIST CHURCH PARISHES ............ 69 MAP 2.3: BRIDGETOWN IN 1722 ..................................................................................................... 71 MAP 2.4: ST. JAMES’ AND ST. THOMAS’ PARISHES, LEA MAP, 1685 ............................................ 74 MAP 2.5: ST. LUCY’S PARISH.......................................................................................................... 76 TABLE 2.2: LANDHOLDING PATTERNS, 100+ ACRES (1680) ......................................................... 77 TABLE 2.3: LANDHOLDING PATTERNS, 10-99 ACRES, (1680) ....................................................... 82 TABLE 2.4: LANDHOLDING PATTERNS, 1-9 ACRES (1680) ............................................................ 83 TABLE 2.5: DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION COMPILED FROM THE CENSUS OF 1684 ..................... 86 TABLE 2.6: THE FREE WHITE POPULATION IN BARBADOS, 1655-1748 ........................................ 89 TABLE 2.7: REPORTS OF OUTBREAKS OF DISEASE IN BARBADOS, 1684-1700 ........................... 93 TABLE 2.8: MORTALITY STATISTICS FOR FIVE PARISHES IN BARBADOS, 1680-1700 ................. 99 TABLE 2.9: MORTALITY FIGURES DIVIDED INTO FIVE YEAR PERIODS, 1681-1700 .................... 101 TABLE 2.10: MORTALITY FIGURES FOR ST. JAMES’ WITH CAUSES OF DEATH, 1693-1701 ....... 103 TABLE 2.11: PRE-1834 MEDICINAL PLANTS USED IN BARBADOS ............................................... 109 CHAPTER 3: BARBADOS AND THE MOVEMENT OF UNFREE LABOR, 1660- 1720 ..................................................................................................................... 117 TABLE 3.1: COLONIAL DESTINATIONS OF SERVANTS, 1656-1720 ............................................. 122 TABLE 3.2: INDENTURED SERVANTS IN THE NAVAL OFFICE RETURNS, 1680-1700 ................... 127 GRAPH 3.1: ORIGIN OF INDENTURED SERVANTS, NAVAL OFFICE RETURNS, 1680-1700 ......... 128 GRAPH 3.2: THE WHITE SERVANT POPULATION AT 2% MORTALITY RATE, 1684-1688 ............ 135 TABLE 3.3: THE SLAVE TRADE TO BARBADOS, 1664-1669 ........................................................ 139 TABLE 3.4: THE SLAVE TRADE TO BARBADOS, 1674-1679 ........................................................ 142 TABLE 3.5: THE CARIBBEAN SLAVE TRADE, 1680-1700 ............................................................. 145 TABLE 3.6: THE IMPORTATION OF ENSLAVED AFRICANS INTO BARBADOS, 1680-1700 ............. 147 GRAPH 3.3: PRICES OF ENSLAVED VS. PRICES OF SUGAR ON BARBADOS, 1684-1700 ............ 149 TABLE 3.7: SLAVE POPULATION ADJUSTED FOR MORTALITY RATES, 1680-1700 ..................... 152 TABLE 3.8: THE SLAVE TRADE IN BARBADOS, 1701-1720.......................................................... 163 CHART 3.1: THE ORIGINS OF PRIVATE TRADERS, 1708-1720 .................................................... 164 5 CHAPTER 4: BARBADIAN IMPORT AND EXPORT TRADE, 1680-1700 ........... 185 TABLE 4.1: QUANTITY OF TRADE IN BARBADOS, 1682-1688 .......................................................198 GRAPH 4.1: ORIGIN FOR SHIPS AND TONNAGE
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