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.

The enthralling story of Eliza Lucas Pinckney, an innovative, highly regarded, and successful woman plantation owner during the Revolutionary era Eliza Lucas Pinckney (1722-1793) reshaped the colonial South Carolina economy with her innovations in indigo production and became one of the wealthiest and most respected women in a world dominated by men. Born on the Caribbean island of Antigua, she spent her youth in England before settling in the American South and enriching herself through the successful management of plantations dependent on enslaved laborers. Tracing her extraordinary journey and drawing on the vast written records she left behind--including family and business letters, spiritual musings, elaborate recipes, macabre medical treatments, and astute observations about her world and herself--this engaging biography offers a rare woman's first-person perspective into the tumultuous years leading up to and through the Revolutionary War and unsettles many common assumptions regarding the place and power of women in the eighteenth century.

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.

First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

This is a political, cultural and intellectual biography of the neglected but important figure, Henry Redhead Yorke. A West Indian of African/British descent, born into a slave society but educated in Georgian England, he developed a complex identity to which politics was key. The most revolutionary radical in Britain between 1793-5, Yorke then recanted his radicalism and died a loyalist gentleman. This book raises important issues about the impact of "outsider" politics in England and the complexities of politicization and identity construction in the Atlantic World. It restores a forgotten black writer to his due place in history.