Antigua and the Antiguans
A Full Account of the Colony and its Inhabitants

Historical facts, personal experiences and legends detail the human history of Antigua from the first European landings until 1843.

9781108027762, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 17 February 2011

364 pages
21.6 x 14 x 2.1 cm, 0.46 kg

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. Volume 1 includes a comprehensive exploration of the struggles faced by the British during colonisation, and the contribution of several aristocratic families to the advancement of the island's legal, administrative and agricultural systems. Personal recollections give life to a complex history.

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.

Subject Areas: Social & cultural history [HBTB]