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Reviews:
Although the colonies in the West Indies were as important to the
expanding British empire as those in North America, writings from the British West Indies have been conspicuously absent from anthologies of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century British literature. In this first literary anthology dedicated to the region, Thomas W. Krise gathers important but little-known descriptions, poems, narratives, satires, and essays written in and about this culturally rich and politically tempestuous region.

Caribbeana offers invaluable period commentaries on slavery,
colonialism, gender relations, African and European history, natural history, agriculture, and medicine. Highlights include several of the earliest protests against slavery; a superb ode by the Cambridge-educated Afro-Jamaican poet Francis Williams; James Grainger's extended georgic poem, The Sugar Cane; Frances Seymour's poignant tale of the Englishman Inkle who sells his Indian savior-lover Yarico into slavery; and several descriptions of the West Indies during the early years of settlement. --This text refers to the hardcover edition of this title 

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The author, Matthew G. Lewis , February 16, 1999
The writing of this book killed me!
I loved my time in Jamaica. It was so very tiresome, though. I decided to go home to recover. Unfortunately, the fever, that da*&*# yellow fever got me on the way back. My coffin just bobbed up and down in the water as it sailed down the jet stream towards Jamaica.

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This Social and Political history depicts a military community being shaped and defined in an era of revolutionary change: the French Revolution and the Napoleonic wars at the end of the eighteenth century. Within the framework of war and society, Roger Buckley gives us a detailed picture of the British West Indies army in the Caribbean theater, especially the manner in which the garrison affected, and was itself affected by, the Caribbean social, political, and economic landscape.

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Book Description
"This guide provides a way of using a vast compilation of bibliographic references for historical and genealogical research. It contains chapters on church records, civil registration, notarial records, census records, slave records, military records, directories, genealogical societies and social clubs, maps and atlases, and many bibliographic references."

About the author: Peter E. Carr is a native of Cuba with over 30 years experience in the fields of historical and genealogical research worldwide...

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Comments by David Bromfield:
An excellent book written by a former Prime Minister of Trinidad.   The book traces the history of the islands through  the prism of  the economic and social forces which through the centuries has molded the entire region.   This book references many original and rare manuscripts and contains an extensive bibliography of related works.  I found it to be most interesting as I seek to unravel the genealogy of my own family in the region! 

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Description: . . "If you think there's not much you can do without traveling to Jamaica, you're wrong! There are many records that are available if you know how to access the various sources through libraries and other repositories. Here you'll find hints and details on what's available and where, covering vital and church records, land patents and deeds, censuses, immigration and emigration, military records, handbooks and directories, court records, newspapers, occupations and more.  . .and more.  . . The author is a family historian who has been working on her Jamaican ancestry for 14 years."

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Synopsis:
A look at the Morant Bay rebellion of 1865 with particular emphasis on original manuscript sources.  Attempts to place the event in the cultural milieu of the time and contrasts the opposing views of the planters and people.  Includes maps!

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