How would you describe white plantation society in the Caribbean?

How significant were absentee owners of plantations in the Caribbean?

Describe the life style of wealthy resident planters.

Who were the petits blancs?

Did it matter that many lower-level white plantation employees did not remain on individual plantations for very long?

What does Thomas Thistlewood’s diary tell us about the relationships between white men and enslaved women?

How do you explain the relative social fluidity of white society in the Caribbean?

Why was there a flourishing planter class in Cuba and Puerto Rico in the 19th century?

How significant were the differences between the criollos and the peninsulares in 19th-century Cuba?