02919nam a2200421 a 4500001001200000003000800012006001900020007001500039008004100054010001700095020003100112020002800143040002100171035002100192043001200213050002400225082002500249100003000274245012400304260005400428300002200482500030200504504006400806505088100870533015201751650004601903650005301949650005302002650004602055650005602101650005402157651003702211651004702248651003002295655002902325710001702354856012602371ebr10364847CaPaEBRm        u        cr cn|||||||||090203s2009    moub    sb   s001 0 eng    z  2009004942  z9780826218476 (alk. paper)  z0826218474 (alk. paper)  aCaPaEBRcCaPaEBR  a(OCoLC)647875354  anwbb---14aF2041b.G733 2009eb04a289.6/72981090322221 aGragg, Larry Dale,d1950-14aThe Quaker community on Barbadosh[electronic resource] :bchallenging the culture of the planter class /cLarry Gragg.  aColumbia :bUniversity of Missouri Press,cc2009.  ax, 192 p. :bmap.  a"Focusing primarily on the seventeenth century, Gragg draws on wills, censuses, levy books, letters, sermons and journals to tell how Quakers on Barbados sought to implement their beliefs in a place ruled by a planter class that had built its wealth on the backs of slaves"--Provided by publisher.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 167-186) and index.0 a"From darkness to light" : the emergence of the Society of Friends in England -- "A little England" : the development of Barbados as England's most prosperous colony -- "Many people convinced" : establishing the Quaker community on Barbados -- "Amongst them called Quakers in this island" : the people attracted to the Quaker community -- "Kept in the heavenly awe of God" : the creation of a Quaker counter-culture on Barbados -- "Uncharitably pursued and anathematized with words, and execrations, and bitter invectives, by a base sort of phanatick people, commonly termed Quakers" : the Quaker critique of the dominant culture -- "Thou hast no right to reign over their conscience in matters of worship of the living God" : the Quaker challenge to slavery on Barbados -- "We are reduced to a very small number" : the decline of the Quaker community on Barbados -- Epilogue.  aElectronic reproduction.bPalo Alto, Calif. :cebrary,d2013.nAvailable via World Wide Web.nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 0aQuakerszBarbadosxHistoryy17th century. 0aCommunity lifezBarbadosxHistoryy17th century. 0aCounterculturezBarbadosxHistoryy17th century. 0aSlaveryzBarbadosxHistoryy17th century. 0aPlantation ownerszBarbadosxHistoryy17th century. 0aSocial conflictzBarbadosxHistoryy17th century. 0aBarbadosxHistoryy17th century. 0aBarbadosxSocial conditionsy17th century. 0aBarbadosxChurch history. 7aElectronic books.2local2 aebrary, Inc.40uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10364847zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view