Antigua and the Antiguans 2 Volume Set

A Full Account of the Colony and its Inhabitants

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732 Seiten

2011
Cambridge University Press
978-1-108-02778-6 (ISBN)

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A two-volume portrait of the first two hundred years of Antiguan history since British colonisation. Memoirs, legends and documents are used to follow the British aristocrats who established the infrastructure of the island during colonisation and the rise of the slave trade, and show how Antigua's identity was shaped.

Antigua was named by Columbus in 1493, and permanently colonised by the British in 1632. The next two hundred years were full of upheaval that shaped the Caribbean island's identity: bloody battles, agricultural progress, British immigration and the establishment and then the abolition of the slave trade. The British-born author adopted Antigua as her home, and her love for the island is evident in both volumes. Legends, stories and particular island features of interest are introduced through the author's experiences and anecdotes, giving a full picture of Antigua at the turn of the eighteenth to the nineteenth century, when the island's population and landscape changed rapidly and irrevocably due to the slave trade.

Volume 1: Preface; 1. General description of the island; 2. History of the island continued; 3. Rupture between France and England; 4. Governors; 5. Governor Col. R. Williams; 6. Governor Colonel Christopher Codrington; 7. Governor Colonel Daniel Parke; 8. Governor Walter Hamilton; 9. Governor William Mathew; 10. Governor William Mathew; 11. Governors; 12. Governors; 13. Governors; 14. My first voyage to Antigua; 15. The extent of Antigua; 16. Scenery of Antigua; 17. The seasons at Antigua; 18. Description of the town of St. John's, the capital of Antigua; 19. Description of the church of St. John's; 20. Court-house; 21. Morning; 22. Early rising and 'Jamie Thomson'; 23. Zulmiera, the half-Carib girl, a legend of the Savannah; 24. Continuation of the legend; 25. Conclusion of the legend; 26. Towns; 27. Forts and fortifications; 28. Remarks upon the aboriginal Americans. Volume 2: 29. Caribs; 30. Negroes, their introduction into the New World; 31. Negroes, palliations, but not excuses, for former cruelties; 32. Negroes, the assertion that negroes are careless of all domestic ties confuted by anecdotes; 33. Negroes, superstition; 34. Seeming paradoxes explained; 35. Negroes, 'shadows' continued; 36. Negroes, the crime of poisoning; 37. Negroes, a little change for the better; 38. Negroes, their amusements; 39. Negroes, fondness for the 'Nancy stories'; 40. Negroes, further sentences upon 'dress'; 41. Negroes, occupations; 42. Negroes, employment of the women; 43. Negroes, exterior appearance; 44. Remarks upon free system; 45. A chapter on colour; 46. Prejudice; 47. Grades among the pure in blood; 48. The pure in blood; 49. The pure in blood; 50. Zoology; 51. Zoology; 52. Botany; 53. Government; Supplemental chapter; Appendix.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	17.2.2011
Reihe/Serie	Cambridge Library Collection - Slavery and Abolition
Verlagsort	Cambridge
Sprache	englisch
Maße	250 x 324 mm
Gewicht	1310 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Wirtschaftsgeschichte
ISBN-10	1-108-02778-4 / 1108027784
ISBN-13	978-1-108-02778-6 / 9781108027786
Zustand	Neuware