Mrs. Lanaghan's monumental work, 'Antigua and the Antiguans (Vol. 1&2)', serves as a comprehensive and meticulous exploration of the island of Antigua. Delving into the rich history, culture, and society of the Antiguans, Lanaghan's book is a treasure trove of information for scholars and enthusiasts alike. Written in a straightforward and informative style, the book provides a detailed account of the island's colonial past, the impact of slavery, and the evolution of Antiguan society over the centuries. Lanaghan's attention to detail and thorough research make this book an essential read for anyone interested in Caribbean history and culture. Mrs. Lanaghan, a renowned historian and Caribbean scholar, brings her expertise and passion for the region to 'Antigua and the Antiguans'. Her deep connection to Antigua and its people is evident in the vivid descriptions and insightful analysis found throughout the book. Lanaghan's dedication to uncovering the hidden stories and lesser-known aspects of Antiguan history sets her work apart and establishes her as a leading voice in Caribbean studies. I highly recommend 'Antigua and the Antiguans (Vol. 1&2)' to readers who are eager to explore the complex tapestry of Antiguan history and culture. Lanaghan's comprehensive study offers a compelling and enlightening look at this vibrant Caribbean island, making it a must-read for anyone interested in the region's rich heritage.

Africans and their descendants have long been faced with abuse of their human rights, most frequently due to racism or racialized issues. Consequently, understanding shifting conceptualizations of race and identity is essential to understanding how people of color confronted these encounters. This book addresses these issues and their connections to social justice, discrimination, and equality movements. From colonial abuses or their legacies, black people around the world have historically encountered discrimination, and yet they do not experience injustice opaquely. The chapters in this book explore and clarify how Africans, and their descendants, struggled to achieve agency despite long histories of discrimination. Contributors draw upon a range of case studies related to resistance, and examine these in conjunction with human rights and the concept of race to provide a thorough exploration of the diasporic experience. Human Rights, Race, and Resistance in Africa and the African Diaspora will appeal to students and scholars of Ethnic and Racial Studies, African History, and Diaspora Studies.

Slavery, Geography and Empire in Nineteenth-Century Marine Landscapes of Montreal and Jamaica is among the first Slavery Studies books - and the first in Art History - to juxtapose temperate and tropical slavery. Charmaine A. Nelson explores the central role of geography and its racialized representation as landscape art in imperial conquest. One could easily assume that nineteenth-century Montreal and Jamaica were worlds apart, but through her astute examination of marine landscape art, the author re-connects these two significant British island colonies, sites of colonial ports with profound economic and military value. Through an analysis of prints, illustrated travel books, and maps, the author exposes the fallacy of their disconnection, arguing instead that the separation of these colonies was a retroactive fabrication designed in part to rid Canada of its deeply colonial history as an integral part of Britain's global trading network which enriched the motherland through extensive trade in crops produced by enslaved workers on tropical plantations. The first study to explore James Hakewill's Jamaican landscapes and William Clark's Antiguan genre studies in depth, it also examines the Montreal landscapes of artists including Thomas Davies, Robert Sproule, George Heriot and James Duncan. Breaking new ground, Nelson reveals how gender and race mediated the aesthetic and scientific access of such - mainly white, male - artists. She analyzes this moment of deep political crisis for British slave owners (between the end of the slave trade in 1807 and complete abolition in 1833) who employed visual culture to imagine spaces free of conflict and to alleviate their pervasive anxiety about slave resistance. Nelson explores how vision and cartographic knowledge translated into authority, which allowed colonizers to 'civilize' the terrains of the so-called New World, while belying the oppression of slavery and indigenous displacement.