Graham, AB;
(2018)
Technology, slavery and the Falmouth Water Company of Jamaica, 1799-1805.
Slavery and Abolition
, 39
(2)
pp. 315-332.
10.1080/0144039X.2017.1366105.
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Abstract
Slave societies such as Jamaica were among the earliest regions to adopt new technologies, suggesting that slavery was not synonymous with economic backwardness. This article uses the efforts of the Falmouth Water Company to adopt the new hydraulic ram between 1799 and 1805 to show that this process was also not restricted to the plantation sector and that the island possessed an unexpected capacity for technological adaption. This was based on local skills in mechanical and civil engineering derived from the plantation sector, and wider political and financial background that supported innovation whilewhen the right conditions were in place
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Technology, slavery and the Falmouth Water Company of Jamaica, 1799-1805 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1080/0144039X.2017.1366105 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1080/0144039X.2017.1366105 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Dept of History |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1567778 |
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