Abstract
Following a cross-disciplinary review of the debates on race in the Caribbean, this work focuses on the plantation as a space of racial formation, reclaiming the centrality of slavery for the understanding of race and racism in the region. The essay looks at continuities and changes in the racial legacy of slavery, analyzing the plantation as a defining space for racial meaning and for the racial experiences of those who lived in it and those who live its legacy in the present. The changes in the plantation as a social regime are considered through the examination of the racial and ethnic division of labour after the end of slavery. The author concludes with some considerations on the contradictions embedded in the plantation as a heritage site for tourism and the popular representation of the past.
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