Archibald Monteath: Igbo, Jamaican, MoravianThe reconstruction of one of the rare Caribbean slave narratives is an amplification, interrogation, and modification of its original texts by cross-reference with official documents, contemporary diary entries and reports, present-day oral sources, and secondary analyses of plantation society. Accessing a variety of primary records, Maureen Warner-Lewis meticulously reconstructs a biography of enslaved Archibald Montieth, an Igbo, who was brought to Jamaica around 1802, became active in the Moravian Church and later purchased his freedom. Through Monteath's biography she explores the sociology of slavery from 1750 to the 1860s. Fieldwork conducted in Africa brings an important dimension to the work, and scholars of Caribbean history, church history, diasporic studies, Atlantic studies and Jamaica will find it of significant interest. |
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acres African Anglican Church Aniaso Archibald Douglas Archibald Douglas Monteath Archibald John Monteith Archibald Monteath Archy attorney August Baptisms baptized became Black River born Brother Buchner Caribbean Christian Collis colour congregation Copy Register Creole daughter death December Diary died Elliott enslaved entry Estate ethnic European Fairfield father February female Glasgow Hanover Hanover parish Hartshall helper Hopeton Ibid Igbo island J-Carmel Jamaica James Monteath January Jesus John Collis John's June Kummer labour land lived Lord male manumission March Margaret marriage married Mary master minister mission missionaries Monteath Montego Bay Moravian Church mother mulatto Nancy Monteath Negroes Nelson O-1 Carmel October Old Deeds overseer owner Parish Register Paynestown Periodical Accounts persons plantation planters prayer quadroon Rebecca Return of Slaves Robert Rosehall Sarah Savanna-la-Mar Saviour Scotland slavery social spiritual St Elizabeth Sunday Thomas Walter Monteath Westmoreland wife William