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04927aam a2200589 i 4500 001 C26FF0F0807011EABE26D64B97128E48 003 SILO 005 20200417010021 008 181215t20192019aluab b s001 0 eng c 010 $a 2018059625 020 $a 0817320288 020 $a 9780817320287 035 $a (OCoLC)1079003112 040 $a LBSOR/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d ALM $d OCLCQ $d YDX $d OCLCO $d IUL $d YUS $d PSC $d OCL $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a nwbb--- 050 00 $a F2041 $b .R37 2019 082 00 $a 305.800972981 $2 23 100 1 $a Reilly, Matthew C. $q (Matthew Connor), $d 1986- $e author. 245 10 $a Archaeology below the cliff : $b race, class, and Redlegs in Barbadian sugar society / $c Matthew C. Reilly. 246 30 $a Race, class, and Redlegs in Barbadian sugar society 264 1 $a Tuscaloosa, Alabama : $b The University of Alabama Press, $c [2019] 300 $a xvii, 247 pages ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a Caribbean archaeology and ethnohistory 520 $a "Archaeology below the Cliff: Race, Class, and Redlegs in Barbadian Sugar Society is the first archaeological study of the poor whites of Barbados, the descendants of seventeenth-century European indentured servants and small farmers. 'Redlegs' is a pejorative to describe the marginalized group who remained after the island transitioned to a sugar monoculture economy dependent on the labor of enslaved Africans. A sizable portion of the 'white' minority, the Redlegs largely existed on the peripheries of the plantation landscape in an area called 'Below Cliff,' which was deemed unsuitable for profitable agricultural production. Just as the land on which they resided was cast as marginal, so too have the poor whites historically and contemporarily been derided as peripheral and isolated as well as idle, alcoholic, degenerate, inbred, and irrelevant to a functional island society and economy. Using archaeological, historical, and oral sources, Matthew C. Reilly shows how the precarious existence of the Barbadian Redlegs challenged elite hypercapitalistic notions of economics, race, and class as they were developing in colonial society. Experiencing pronounced economic hardship, similar to that of the enslaved, albeit under very different circumstances, Barbadian Redlegs developed strategies to live in a harsh environment. Reilly's investigations reveal that what developed in Below Cliff was a moral economy, based on community needs rather than free-market prices. Reilly extensively excavated households from the tenantry area on the boundaries of the Clifton Hall Plantation, which was abandoned in the 1960s, to explore the daily lives of poor white tenants and investigate their relationships with island economic processes and networks. Despite misconceptions of strict racial isolation, evidence also highlights the importance of poor white encounters and relationships with Afro-Barbadians. Historical data are also incorporated to address how an underrepresented demographic experienced the plantation landscape. Ultimately, Reilly's narrative situates the Redlegs within island history, privileging inclusion and embeddedness over exclusion and isolation."-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Introduction -- Archaeologies of plantation modernity -- Redlegs on the plantation landscape -- Below Cliff : excavating and engaging with a plantation community -- Socioeconomic (in)activity -- "A numerous race of mulattoes" : (de)constructing racial barriers -- Alternative modernities Below the Cliff. 650 0 $a Poor whites $z Barbados $x History. 650 0 $a Indentured servants $z Barbados $x History. 650 0 $a Plantation life $z Barbados $x History $v Case studies. 650 0 $a Sugar plantations $z Barbados $x History. 650 0 $a Excavations (Archaeology) $z Barbados. 651 0 $a Below Cliff Site (Barbados) 651 0 $a Barbados $x Race relations. 651 0 $a Barbados $x Economic conditions. 650 0 $a Irish $z Barbados $x History. 650 7 $a Economic history. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00901974 650 7 $a Excavations (Archaeology) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00917564 650 7 $a Indentured servants. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00968872 650 7 $a Irish. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00978902 650 7 $a Plantation life. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01065779 650 7 $a Poor whites. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01202121 650 7 $a Race relations. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01086509 650 7 $a Sugar plantations. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01744089 651 7 $a Barbados $z Below Cliff Site. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst02009304 651 7 $a Barbados. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01205547 655 7 $a Case studies. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01423765 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 830 0 $a Caribbean archaeology and ethnohistory. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231018012422.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=C26FF0F0807011EABE26D64B97128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search