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Book SynopsisThis anthology collects descriptions, poems, narratives, satires and essays written in and about the British West Indies between 1657 and 1777. It offers period commentaries on slavery, colonialism, gender relations, African and European history, natural history, agriculture and medicine.
Table of ContentsIntroduction A Note on the Texts 1. Richard Ligon From A True and Exact History of the Island of Barbados (1657) 2. Edmund Hickeringill From Jamaica Viewed (1661) 3. Thomas Tryon From Friendly Advice to the Gentlemen-Planters of the East and West Indies (1684) 4. Edward Ward A Trip to Jamaica (1698) 5. Anonymous "A Speech Made by a Black of Guardaloupe" (1709) 6. Anonymous "The Speech of Moses Bon Saam " (1735) 7. Robert Robertson From The Speech of Mr. John Talbot Campo-bell (1736) 8. Frances Seymour "The Story of Inkle and Yarico" and "An Epistle from Yarico to Inkle, After he had left her in Slavery" (1738) 9. The "Ingenious Lady" of Barbados Poems From Caribbeana (1741) 10. James Grainger The Sugar Cane: A Poem, In Four Books (1764) 11. John Singleton From A General Description of the West-Indian Islands (1767) 12. Francis Williams "Carmen, An Ode," From A History of Jamaica (by Edward Long) (1774) 13. Anonymous From Jamaica, a Poem, In Three Parts (1777) Notes ??
