The historical context of British abolition / Seymour Drescher -- Towards emancipation / Barbara Bush -- The Maroons of Surinam / Silvia W. de Groot -- Emancipation by war or law? / H. McD. Beckles -- Comments on de Groot and Beckles / Mary Turner -- Haiti and the abolitionists / David Geggus -- The abolition of the slave trade by France / Serge Daget -- Emancipation in British Guyana and its influence on Dutch policy regarding Surinam / J.P. Siwpersad -- Was British emancipation a success? / W.A. Green -- Apprenticeship and labour relations in four Windward Islands / W.K. Marshall -- Economic change and contract labour in the British Caribbean / S.L. Engerman -- The great escape / P.C. Emmer -- Comments on Green, Marshall, Engerman and Emmer / K.O. Laurence
