Antigua and the Antiguans 2 Volume Set
A Full Account of the Colony and its Inhabitants
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Onbekend, 732 blz.
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Engels
Cambridge University Press |
e druk, 2011
ISBN13: 9781108027786
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Cambridge Library Co
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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.
Specificaties
ISBN13:9781108027786
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:onbekend
Aantal pagina's:732
Uitgever:Cambridge University Press
Serie:Cambridge Library Co
Inhoudsopgave
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.