Slavery in the British West Indies

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Slavery_in_the_British_West_Indies

GPTKB entity

Statements (56)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:abolished	gptkb:Slavery_Abolition_Act_1833
gptkbp:abolitionistMovement	gptkb:British_abolitionists gptkb:Society_for_Effecting_the_Abolition_of_the_Slave_Trade
gptkbp:affectedArea	gptkb:Bahamas gptkb:Barbados gptkb:Dominica gptkb:Grenada gptkb:Jamaica gptkb:Montserrat gptkb:Saint_Lucia gptkb:Turks_and_Caicos_Islands gptkb:British_Guiana gptkb:British_Honduras gptkb:Antigua gptkb:Nevis gptkb:Saint_Kitts gptkb:Saint_Vincent gptkb:Trinidad
gptkbp:apprenticeshipSystem	1834-1838
gptkbp:compensation	slave owners
gptkbp:compensationNotPaidTo	freed slaves
gptkbp:economicImportance	plantation economy wealth for Britain
gptkbp:endDate	1838
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Slavery in the British West Indies
gptkbp:involves	African slaves British colonists
gptkbp:legacy	gptkb:diaspora gptkb:Creole_languages social inequality Afro-Caribbean culture
gptkbp:legallyEnded	1838
gptkbp:location	gptkb:British_West_Indies
gptkbp:mainIndustry	coffee plantations cotton plantations sugar plantations tobacco plantations
gptkbp:notableBattle	gptkb:Baptist_War Barbados Slave Rebellion 1816 Christmas Rebellion 1831 Demerara Rebellion 1823
gptkbp:numberOfEnslavedPeople	over 800,000
gptkbp:oversees	gptkb:British_Empire
gptkbp:relatedEvent	gptkb:Transatlantic_slave_trade Emancipation
gptkbp:relatedLegislation	gptkb:Slave_Trade_Act_1807 gptkb:Slavery_Abolition_Act_1833
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Slavery_in_the_United_States Slavery in the French West Indies
gptkbp:religion	gptkb:Christianity gptkb:African_traditional_religions
gptkbp:resistantTo	slave rebellions
gptkbp:startDate	17th century
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Bussa's_Rebellion
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7