Slaves and Slaveholders in Bermuda, 1616-1782

The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography | July 1, 2000| | Copyright

Slaves and Slaveholders in Bermuda, 16161782. By VIRGINIA BERNHARD. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1999. xx, 316 pp. $37.50.

IN Slaves and Slaveholders in Bermuda, Virginia Bernhard has produced the definitive history of slavery in Bermuda. Moreover, Bernhard sets the Bermuda experience in the context of slavery in other English colonies, especially Virginia, making her work of value to those who work on other regions.

Bernhard's study is based on a variety of sources, including the Bermuda colonial records held in the island's archives, which have enabled her to reconstruct ...

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