Lambert, David (2015) Master-horse-slave : mobility, race and power in the eighteenth and nineteenth century Caribbean. Slavery and Abolition, 36 (4). pp. 618-641. doi:10.1080/0144039X.2015.1025487

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Abstract

This paper examines a particular social practice that attracted attention from visitors to the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Caribbean: enslaved footmen accompanying white riders on horseback, often seeking to keep up by holding onto the horses’ tails. Referred to here as ‘master-horse-slave’, this is interpreted as a ‘hybrid co-mobility’ (or co-present mobility involving humans and animals). The paper argues that master-horse-slave was a manifestation of slavery as everyday social practice. More broadly, the paper argues for the importance of practices of mobility as significant features of Caribbean slave societies and the place of animals in these.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	F History United States, Canada, Latin America > F1201 Latin America (General) H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races
Divisions:	Faculty of Arts > History > Comparative American Studies Faculty of Arts > History
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Slavery -- Great Britain -- 17th century, Slavery -- Great Britain -- 18th century, West Indies, British , Slaveholders, Horses, Animals -- History -- 17th century, Animals -- History -- 18th century
Journal or Publication Title:	Slavery and Abolition
Publisher:	Routledge
ISSN:	0144-039X
Official Date:	26 March 2015
Dates:	Date Event 26 March 2015 Published 2015 Accepted
Volume:	36
Number:	4
Page Range:	pp. 618-641
DOI:	10.1080/0144039X.2015.1025487
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Open Access

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