Liberal subjects: elementary education and native agency in the British West Indies, c. 1834-1860

• Published in: Slavery & abolition Vol. 40; no. 4; pp. 750 - 773
• Main Author: Bischof, Chris
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon Routledge 02.10.2019; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Capitalism; Elementary education; Free blacks; Missionaries; Religious missions; Slavery; British West Indies

This article argues that missionaries in the British West Indies conceived of elementary education as a key element of the transition from slavery to freedom in the 1830s and 40s. They suggested that elementary schools and teacher training colleges could not only teach Christianity and literacy, but...