Knowledge Commons | University of Southampton Department of History | Activity https://hcommons.org/groups/university-of-southampton-department-of-history/ Activity feed for the group, University of Southampton Department of History. Sat, 04 Apr 2026 19:38:47 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v=10.6.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 f10faf757fdfd9ff658aea897feb0882 Christopher Prior deposited A Brotherhood of Britons? Public Schooling, esprit de corps and Colonial Officials in Africa, c.1900-1939 in the group University of Southampton Department of History https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1609081/ Thu, 24 May 2018 04:13:28 -0400 Historians have tended to suggest that Britain's colonial officials demonstrated an esprit de corps, and that this is testament to the efficacy of public schooling in generating social cohesion. Examining Britain's officials in seven different colonies in sub‐Saharan Africa, this article will argue that differences in working conditions, a…[Read more]

]]> 0 69284f01213c190ffbd422a0d8089882 Christer Petley deposited Nelson, the Caribbean, and Visions of the British Atlantic Empire in the group University of Southampton Department of History https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1588581/ Wed, 15 Nov 2017 16:26:36 -0500 A twenty minute paper presented to the conference 'The Royal Navy and the Atlantic World Conference' organised by the University of Southampton and the National Museum of the Royal Navy, Portsmouth, on 19 June 2014.

]]> 0 eab8e078902d792b918e1efeefde77e6 Christer Petley deposited Slaveholders and revolution: the Jamaican planter class, British imperial politics, and the ending of the slave trade, 1775–1807 in the group University of Southampton Department of History https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1588580/ Wed, 15 Nov 2017 16:26:36 -0500 This article re-examines the declining influence of Jamaican sugar planters within the British Empire during the period between the outbreak of the American Revolution in 1775 and Parliament’s decision to abolish the slave trade in 1807. Much of the existing scholarship emphasises the consequences of the American Revolutionary War and rise of a…[Read more]

]]> 0 13fa6b4e2c62672906b1c2cb7e153b7a Christer Petley deposited Plantations and Homes: The Material Culture of the Early Nineteenth-Century Jamaican Elite in the group University of Southampton Department of History https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1587835/ Fri, 10 Nov 2017 01:55:50 -0500 This article is about the wealth and material culture of the Jamaican elite during the age of abolition. The planter class had a huge material investment in plantation slavery, and wealth derived from this allowed it to live ostentatiously and to consume conspicuously. Those who did not migrate away from Jamaica were drawn towards colonial towns,…[Read more]

]]> 0 9bbe254f86d1a498d604ba8aebef9ccf Christer Petley deposited Plantations and Homes: The Material Culture of the Early Nineteenth-Century Jamaican Elite in the group University of Southampton Department of History https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1587802/ Fri, 10 Nov 2017 01:54:36 -0500 This article is about the wealth and material culture of the Jamaican elite during the age of abolition. The planter class had a huge material investment in plantation slavery, and wealth derived from this allowed it to live ostentatiously and to consume conspicuously. Those who did not migrate away from Jamaica were drawn towards colonial towns,…[Read more]

]]> 0 9bbe254f86d1a498d604ba8aebef9ccf Christer Petley deposited Plantations and Homes: The Material Culture of the Early Nineteenth-Century Jamaican Elite in the group University of Southampton Department of History https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1587799/ Fri, 10 Nov 2017 01:54:36 -0500 This article is about the wealth and material culture of the Jamaican elite during the age of abolition. The planter class had a huge material investment in plantation slavery, and wealth derived from this allowed it to live ostentatiously and to consume conspicuously. Those who did not migrate away from Jamaica were drawn towards colonial towns,…[Read more]

]]> 0 d35340acab67cbb7487ebff23e543872 Neil Gregor created the group University of Southampton Department of History https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1586283/ Wed, 01 Nov 2017 18:06:16 -0400 0