African cultural forms
School Based Assessment
Name: Mellisa Walker
Subject: Caribbean History
School: St. Hugh’s High
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Centre Number:
Territory: Jamaica
Teacher: Ms. Hyman
Year: 2013
Theme: Caribbean History
Topic: West African cultural forms and its presence in the British Caribbean up 1838.
Statement of the Problem
Is it true to suggest that there was a strong presence of African cultural forms within the British Caribbean plantation society up to 1838?
Rationale
The system of chattel slavery forcibly removed the West African natives from their homeland. As a result of this the Africans were forced to leave a place where they knew as home to a place where they would become the property of another. Their freedom would be subject to the discretion of another person as they would be burdened with restrictions and severe punishment of petty actions. One may ask the question; what really did the West Africans have to hold on to? This research will discuss the various ways in which the West Africans managed to keep the link between their culture and their new home on the British Caribbean plantation during the period of chattel slavery.
The research will answer the following questions:
a) What were the various forms of African cultural practices present on the British Caribbean plantation?
b) What factors accounted for the retention of these cultural practices during the period of chattel slavery.
c) To what extent were the enslaved West Africans able to retain aspects of their culture up to 1838 on the British Caribbean Plantation?
Data Collection
The research will require extensive use of primary and secondary sources. The inclusion of primary sources such as a journal extract of Lady Nugent will give the research the first hand details it needs to prove the statement in question correct. Secondary sources such as information from textbooks, photograph illustrations will be useful in the analysis of the data.
Presentation
Name: Mellisa Walker
Subject: Caribbean History
School: St. Hugh’s High
Candidate Number:
Centre Number:
Territory: Jamaica
Teacher: Ms. Hyman
Year: 2013
Theme: Caribbean History
Topic: West African cultural forms and its presence in the British Caribbean up 1838.
Statement of the Problem
Is it true to suggest that there was a strong presence of African cultural forms within the British Caribbean plantation society up to 1838?
Rationale
The system of chattel slavery forcibly removed the West African natives from their homeland. As a result of this the Africans were forced to leave a place where they knew as home to a place where they would become the property of another. Their freedom would be subject to the discretion of another person as they would be burdened with restrictions and severe punishment of petty actions. One may ask the question; what really did the West Africans have to hold on to? This research will discuss the various ways in which the West Africans managed to keep the link between their culture and their new home on the British Caribbean plantation during the period of chattel slavery.
The research will answer the following questions:
a) What were the various forms of African cultural practices present on the British Caribbean plantation?
b) What factors accounted for the retention of these cultural practices during the period of chattel slavery.
c) To what extent were the enslaved West Africans able to retain aspects of their culture up to 1838 on the British Caribbean Plantation?
Data Collection
The research will require extensive use of primary and secondary sources. The inclusion of primary sources such as a journal extract of Lady Nugent will give the research the first hand details it needs to prove the statement in question correct. Secondary sources such as information from textbooks, photograph illustrations will be useful in the analysis of the data.
Presentation
Cited: Lady Nugent 's Journal (1801-1805): 48. Beckles, Hilary. Liberties Lost. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press , 2004. Claypole, William and Robottom John. Caribbean Story Book 1. Kingston: Carlong Publishers ( Caribbean) Limited, 2004. Craton, Micheal. Testing the Chairs. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1982. Tortello, Rebecca. Out Of Many Cultures The People Who Came. Kingston: Gleaner Jamica, 2006. Willie- Hamilton, Doris. Lest You Forget Caribbean Economy and Slavery. Kingston: Jamaica Publishing House Limited, 2001.