02950nam a2200433 a 4500 ebr10364847 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 090203s2009 moub sb s001 0 eng 2009004942 9780826218476 (alk. paper) 0826218474 (alk. paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)647875354 nwbb--- F2041 .G733 2009eb 289.6/7298109032 22 Gragg, Larry Dale, 1950- The Quaker community on Barbados [electronic resource] : challenging the culture of the planter class / Larry Gragg. Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2009. x, 192 p. : map. "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. Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-186) and index. "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. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Quakers Barbados History 17th century. Community life Barbados History 17th century. Counterculture Barbados History 17th century. Slavery Barbados History 17th century. Plantation owners Barbados History 17th century. Social conflict Barbados History 17th century. Barbados History 17th century. Barbados Social conditions 17th century. Barbados Church history. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10364847 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 215574 215574