"The State of Decay into which the Island Has Fallen": Education and Social Welfare on Montserrat after emancipation

The social life of the newly created 'laboring classes' in the post-emancipation Caribbean has been relatively unexamined across a number of disciplinary perspectives. This paper argues for the need to bring together a variety of sources to enable researchers to gain a better understanding...

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Published in:International journal of historical archaeology 2019-09, Vol.23 (3), p.543-567
Main Authors: Ryzewski, Krysta, Cherry, John F., McAtackney, Laura
Format: Article
Language:English
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Archaeology
Education
Social Sciences
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Summary:The social life of the newly created 'laboring classes' in the post-emancipation Caribbean has been relatively unexamined across a number of disciplinary perspectives. This paper argues for the need to bring together a variety of sources to enable researchers to gain a better understanding of this important, transitional time in Montserrat's history. Using evidence gathered from archives in the Caribbean, North America and the British Isles, materials excavated from a previously undocumented schoolhouse structure in the north of the island, and local memories of education on Montserrat, this paper illuminates an almost forgotten aspect of the lives of nineteenth-century laboring classes: the aspiration of education.
ISSN:1092-7697
1573-7748
DOI:10.1007/s10761-018-0478-x