Hello all! First and foremost, enormous thanks to /u/400-rabbits for the opportunity to do this. This was actually meant to happen forever ago, but we've finally done it! Regular readers of my answers here will know that even though I'm flaired for US Slavery too, the Caribbean is really my great love, so getting a chance to talk a little bit in more detail about it was so satisfying, and especially because this is a topic directly relevant to my own research interests.

This is obviously an episode that deals with quite a wide sweep of history and talks about the region in a very broad fashion, which is largely by necessity given that, as I talk about in the podcast, most people are not particularly familiar with Caribbean slavery's history even in Britain. So I should emphasise that what I talk about here is very much a glimpse into decades of scholarship and research, and /u/400-rabbits and I were both keen to put together something that would feel really accessible and enjoyable. Hopefully we've succeeded in that regard!

Suffice to say, if there is anything anyone would like me to elaborate on or discuss in more detail, please do fire away. And I'm more than happy to field questions arising out of or inspired by the podcast, whether they're broad or about specific parts of the Caribbean, and I'm always happy to talk to British Caribbean history more broadly, too. Though my speciality is slavery, my background is actually in British Caribbean history much more broadly, and I'm happy to try and offer reading recommendations or talk to subjects beyond slavery.

Unfortunately, I'm a bit pressed for time this second so I won't be able to put up a reading list right this second (dinner is burning as I speak). I'll edit in a list of recommended reading later today when I come back to tackle any questions, though, so do check this post again later if you're interested! By way of an introductory text though, let me recommend Gad Heuman's The Caribbean: Brief Histories. This book is really a brilliant way to get into Caribbean history in general. Heuman is one of the most respected scholars of Caribbean history, and this is an excellent way to get a feel for what a rich field of study it is - and it's on Amazon dirt cheap!

Special thanks to Elm, Mark K., Vlad, Max M., Will R., Sarah G., and Bill R., for their generous support of the podcast through the AskHistorians Patreon.

Special mention to Matt F., for boldly being our first supporter, Andy B. for putting us over the top in meeting our first funding goal, and Bill R. for getting us to our second funding goal.

And, of course, a big thanks to /u/soswer for sharing his knowledge and making me feel like I got to interview one of the Beatles.

So how after abolition in the British Caribbean how did the white minority's react in the colonies react?

Any plans on adding yourselves to Podcast Republic? It's my primary podcast app for Android. I'd love to give you guys a listen. Following on YouTube so I can hear some episodes.