Week 3: Rebellion and Armed Resistance in Colonial America and the Caribbean

This week, we will examine how enslaved people mobilised in armed resistance over the course of the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries in the Caribbean.

Seminar Questions

1) Were revolts/rebellions coherent movements? Who was, and wasn't, involved in armed rebellion?

2) Why did enslaved people engage in armed rebellion?

3) How did enslaved revolts and rebellions evolve over time?