A Visit to Jamaica by Historian James Froude (circa 1887)

From: Froude, James Anthony (1818-1894), The English in the West Indies, or The bow of Ulysses, New York, C. Scribners Sons, 1888 pp 189-287

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Excerpts transcribed by David Bromfield (dbromfield@ucsd.edu ).  May not be copied or reproduced without permission from the transcriber. 
ABOUT THE AUTHOR & PREFACE
OPINION OF A JAMAICAN PLANTER
ARRIVAL AT PORT ROYAL
KINGSTON HARBOUR
OPINION OF THE COLONIAL SECRETARY
SUFFRAGE AND CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGES AFTER 1853 & 1884
ON BRITISH GOVERNMENT IN IRELAND
ON THE MISSION OF THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT
ON BRITISH GOVERNMENT IN INDIA AND THE WEST INDIES
FROM KINGSTON TO KING’S HOUSE
OPINION OF THE COMMANDER OF BRITISH FORCES
OPINION OF THE BRITISH RESIDENTS
THE GROUNDS AT KING’S HOUSE
ON THE BRITISH CAMP AT NEWCASTLE
ON KINGSTON AND COMMERCE
A VISIT TO GORDON TOWN WITH REFLECTIONS ON CHARACTER
A VISIT TO PORT ROYAL
A VISIT TO THE REMAINS OF FORT AUGUSTA
A VISIT TO NEWCASTLE
OPINION OF UPPER CLASSES ON ‘SELF-GOVERNMENT’ FOR JAMAICA
OPINION ON THE CHURCHES OF JAMAICA
THE ROLE OF RELIGION IN JAMAICA
A VISIT TO CASTLETON GARDENS
THE SOCIAL SCENE: A BALL IN KINGSTON
A VISIT TO MANDEVILLE
THOUGHTS ON JAMAICANS, THEIR RELIGION AND THE FUTURE
THOUGHTS ON THE MORANT BAY REBELLION
A VISIT TO GORDON’S MANSION AT CHERRY GARDEN
ON TRENDS IN PHILOSOPHY
PHILOSOPHY - A SPANISH FABLE
A VISIT TO THE NAVAL STATION AT PORT ROYAL
FINAL IMPRESSIONS OF THE ISLAND OF JAMAICA
Last Updated on 03/26/1999
By David Bromfield
dbromfield@ucsd.edu
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