John Coakley Lettsom's Books

Simplicity, Equality, and Slavery

An Archaeology of Quakerism in the British Virgin Islands, 1740-1780

By: John M. Chenoweth

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Simplicity, Equality, and Slavery

An Archaeology of Quakerism in the British Virgin Islands, 1740-1780

By: John M. Chenoweth

A significant empirical contribution to the transdisciplinary study of eighteenthcentury Atlantic history and the colonial history of the Christian Church."--Dan Hicks, author of The Garden of the World: An Historical Archaeology of Sugar Landscapes in the Eastern Caribbean "Thoughtfully applies practice theory to the concept of Quakerism as a religion, while simultaneously examining how Quaker practices shaped the lives not only of practitioners but those they enslaved."--James A. Delle, author of The Colonial Caribbean: Landscapes of Power in the Plantation System "A nuanced look at Quakerism and its relationship with slavery."--Patricia M. Samford, author of Subfloor Pits and the Archaeology of Slavery in Colonial Virginia Inspired by the Quaker ideals of simplicity, equality, and peace, a group of white planters formed a community in the British Virgin Islands during the eighteenth century. Yet they lived in a slave society, and nearly all their members held enslaved people. In this book, John Chenoweth examines how the community navigated the contradictions of Quakerism and plantation ownership. Using archaeological and archival information, Chenoweth reveals how a web of connections led to the community's establishment, how Quaker religious practices intersected with other aspects of daily life in the Caribbean, and how these practices were altered to fit a slavery-based economy and society. He also examines how dissent and schism eventually brought about the end of the community after just one generation. This is a fascinating study of the ways religious ideals can be interpreted in everyday practice to adapt to different local contexts. A volume in the Florida Museum of Natural History: Ripley P. Bullen Series

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

267

Publisher

University Press of Florida

Published Date

ISBN 10

168340016X

ISBN 13

9781683400165

The Hanging of Arthur Hodge

A Caribbean Anti-Slavery Milestone

By: John Andrew

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Hanging of Arthur Hodge

A Caribbean Anti-Slavery Milestone

By: John Andrew

The Hanging of Arthur Hodge-A Caribbean Anti-Slavery Milestone - selected for the Best Non-Fiction Book Award by The Sacramento Publishers Association - is a study of slavery in the British West Indies during the half-century before Parliament´s 1834 decision to emancipate the slaves. Its focus is on the crimes, trial and execution of Arthur Hodge, a prominent Virgin Islands planter and politician whose unprecedented hanging for the murder of Prosper, one of his own slaves, was to rouse the British anti-slavery movement from the contentment it was enjoying following the abolition of the slave trade and help direct its efforts toward the ultimate emancipation of the slaves throughout the British Empire. The life, trial and execution of Arthur Hodge is a story of great interest in its own right, but that story is also important because it was truly a milestone on the road to the end of slavery in the British Empire. Arthur Hodge was a dominant figure in the Virgin Islands in the early 1800s. Born in the islands, he studied at Oxford and later served in the British army. His wife was a sister-in-law of the Marquess of Exeter. He was described as a man of great accomplishments and elegant manners. But evidence presented during his trial revealed another side of his character. Between 1803 and 1808 Hodge had murdered as many as sixty - or one-half - of the slaves who labored on his Tortola plantation. They died by whipping, scalding and having boiling water poured down their throats. Although Hodge´s treatment of his slaves was common knowledge, he was only brought to trial several years after the killings as a consequence of a political and personal dispute. Hodge was found guilty of murder by a local jury and - when the Governor of the Leeward Islands chose to ignore the jury´s recommendation of leniency -became the only slave owner in the history of the British West Indies to be executed for the murder of one of his own slaves. Hodge´s character contrasted sharply with that of his chief prosecutor, Governor Hugh Elliot, a noted diplomat and a supporter of the anti-slavery forces in Great Britain whose brother, the Earl of Minto, was currently Viceroy of India and whose brother-in-law, Lord Auckland, had - four years before - carried the bill ending the slave trade in the House of Lords. The hanging of Arthur Hodge caused a sensation and transcripts of his trial were published in both Great Britain and the United States. The news helped to revitalize the anti-slavery forces, playing an important role in the debates leading to the establishment of slave registries and the accountability they implied throughout the Caribbean colonies. After a brief introduction which concludes with the language of the indictment issued against Hodge and his counsel´s response that "A Negro being property, it was no greater offense for his master to kill him than it would be to kill his dog," the book opens with a short history of the settlement of the Virgin Islands and descriptions - from contemporary sources - of the lives of plantation owners and of their slaves. Included are personal descriptions of enslavement in Africa, the Middle Passage, the work and recreation of the slaves, their religious beliefs and the brutalities which some of them endured. The following chapters contain biographies of Hodge and Elliot and a recapitulation of the events which led to Hodges indictment and trial. Original transcripts and reports were used as the basis for the report of the trial and execution. The book concludes with a discussion of the effects of the Hodge affair on the anti-slavery movement and capsule descriptions of the subsequent careers some of those involved. (Governor Elliot later served in India as Governor of Madras and is buried in Westminster Abbey). The work is based upon original and other contemporary sources, including both the published and official manuscript transcripts of Hodge´s trial and Governor Ell

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

246

Publisher

Xlibris Corporation

Published Date

ISBN 10

073881931X

ISBN 13

9780738819310

The Spirit of Despotism

Invasions of Privacy in the 1790s

By: John Barrell

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Spirit of Despotism

Invasions of Privacy in the 1790s

By: John Barrell

How was the social and cultural life of Britain affected by the fear that the French Revolution would spread across the channel? In this brilliant, engagingly written, and profusely illustrated book, John Barrell, well-known for his studies of the history, literature, and art of the period, argues that the conflict between the ancien regime in Britain and the emerging democratic movement was so fundamental that it could not be contained within what had previously beenthought of as the 'normal' arena of politics. Activities and spaces which had previously been regarded as 'outside' politics suddenly no longer seemed to be so, and the fear of revolution produced a culture of surveillance and suspicion which penetrated every aspect of private life. Drawing on an unusually widerange of sources, including novels, poems, plays, newspapers, debates in parliament, trials, political pamphlets, and caricatures, The Spirit of Despotism focuses on a number of examples of such invasions of privacy. It shows how the culture of suspicion affected how people spoke and behaved in London coffee-houses; how it influenced attitudes to the king's behaviour in private, especially during his summer holidays in Weymouth; how it infiltrated the country cottage, previouslyidealized as a protected haven of peace and retirement from political life; and how it influenced the fashion of the period, so that even the way people chose to style their hair came to be seen as a political issue.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

295

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0199281203

ISBN 13

9780199281206

Illustrations of the Literary History of the Eighteenth Century

By: John Nichols

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Illustrations of the Literary History of the Eighteenth Century

By: John Nichols

This eight-volume set, published 1817-58 by the Nichols family, is a sequel to John Nichols' Literary Anecdotes (1812-15), and provides a useful source of biographical material on authors and publishers at a time when many of the literary genres we now take for granted were first being developed.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

871

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1108077358

ISBN 13

9781108077354

The Antislavery Debate

Capitalism and Abolitionism as a Problem in Historical Interpretation

By: John Ashworth,David Brion Davis,Thomas L. Haskell

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Antislavery Debate

Capitalism and Abolitionism as a Problem in Historical Interpretation

By: John Ashworth,David Brion Davis,Thomas L. Haskell

The marrow of the most important historiographical controversy since the 1970s."—Michael Johnson, University of California, Irvine "A debate of intellectual significance and power. The implications of these essays extend far beyond antislavery, important as that subject undoubtedly is. This will be of major importance to students of historical method as well as the history of ideas and reform movements."—Carl N. Degler, Stanford University

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

338

Publisher

Univ of California Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0520077792

ISBN 13

9780520077799

Sir William Garrow: His Life, Times and Fight for Justice

By: John Hostettler,Richard Braby

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Sir William Garrow: His Life, Times and Fight for Justice

By: John Hostettler,Richard Braby

Sir William Garrow: His Life, Times and Fight for Justice Paperback - 17 January 2011 by John Hostettler and Richard Braby. With a Foreword by Geoffrey Robertson QC. In stock. Usually despatched within 24 hours Price: £22.95FREE Delivery in the UK Ebook versions also available - How will I read it? Buy: Kindle | Apple Books | Google Play (external links) Plus other sellers - search the web by format: EPUB | PDF (Click for a free online preview of this book) Paperback | ISBN 9781904380696 | Published 17 January 2011 | 352 pages | Edition New Format | Publisher Waterside Press Book description A comprehensive account of lawyer William Garrow’s life, career, family and connections. Sir William Garrow was born in Middlesex in 1760 and called to the Bar in 1783. He was the dominant figure at the Old Bailey from 1783 to 1793, later becoming an MP, Solicitor-General, Attorney-General and finally a judge and lawmaker within the Common Law Tradition. Sir William Garrow is a generous work in which well-known legal historian and biographer John Hostettler and family story-teller Richard Braby (a descendant of Garrow) combine their skills and experience to produce a gem of a book. ‘Without the pioneering work of William Garrow, the legal system would be stuck in the Middle Ages’: Radio Times ‘Right – hands up all those who have heard of William Garrow. Hmm, thought so – me neither. That will all change ….’ Frances Gibb's Law Section, The Times Aside from BBC1 TV’s prime-time drama series ‘Garrow’s Law’, the story of Sir William Garrow’s unique contribution to the development of English law and Parliamentary affairs is so far little known by the general public. This book tells the real story of the man behind the drama. Garrow is now in the public-eye for daring to challenge entrenched legal ways and means. His ‘gifts to the world’ include altering the relationship between judge and jury (the former had until then dominated over the latter in criminal trials), helping to forge the presumption of innocence and ensuring a general right to put forward a defence using a trained lawyer. He gave new meaning to the forensic art of cross-examination, later diverting skills honed as a radical to help the Crown when it was faced with plots, treason and revolution.The lost story of Sir William Garrow and its rediscovery will prove intriguing for professional and general readers alike and will be an invaluable ‘missing-link’ for legal and social historians. It is also a remarkable work of genealogical research which will register strongly with family historians.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

355

Publisher

Waterside Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1904380557

ISBN 13

9781904380559

Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century

By: John Nichols

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century

By: John Nichols

This nine-volume work, published 1812-15, provides biographical notes on publishers, writers and artists of the eighteenth century.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

865

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1108074154

ISBN 13

9781108074155

Book's by John Coakley Lettsom

Simplicity, Equality, and Slavery

Simplicity, Equality, and Slavery

The Hanging of Arthur Hodge

The Hanging of Arthur Hodge

The Spirit of Despotism

The Spirit of Despotism

Illustrations of the Literary History of the Eighteenth Century

Illustrations of the Literary History of the Eighteenth Century

The Antislavery Debate

The Antislavery Debate

Sir William Garrow: His Life, Times and Fight for Justice

Sir William Garrow: His Life, Times and Fight for Justice

Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century

Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century

Username

Password

Username

Password

Password again

Birthday

Email