Instruction
For this assignment, prepare an 1800 word essay that draws on these readings to compares and contrasts anti-slavery and anti-colonial resistance in the Caribbean, your essay should focus on the following questions:
In her short essay "Novel and History", Sylva Wynter argues that rebellions will continue occurring so long as the relation between the plot and the plantation remains the dominant force in everyday Caribbean life.
Examining key events we have studied - such as the Haitian revolution, the 1865 Morant Bay rebellion, the 1930s uprising, and the 1961 Henry Rebellion, demonstrate how theses all involve the tension and conflicts between the plot and the plantation:
- What similarities or differences do we see in the organization and execution of uprising? and the more banal, daily forms of resistance?
- what similarities or differences do we see in colonial response to both spectacular uprising and everyday resistance?
- How do the concepts of hidden and official transcript help us understand the power dynamics between colonial rulers and the oppressed in plantation societies?