…nineteenth century. All of the information for this map was created using “Account of a remarkable Conspiracy formed by a Negro in the Island of St. Domingo” (2016) by Duncan…

…the Island of Barbadoes (1657), James Grangier’s The Sugar-Cane. A Poem (1764), Peter Kalm’s Travels into North America (1773), Bryan Edwards’ The History, Civil and Commercial, of the British colonies…

…to seeking revenge for his mother and father’s deaths but for all of the enslaved across the island. Reaction to the novel was both positive to negative, and stirred controversy….

…of scrutiny, and for the most part, the law was not quite as involved. Title page of Richard Ligon’s A true & exact history of the island of Barbados, 1657….

…America which details the ecologies of several Caribbean islands, with an emphasis on plantation life. Richard Ligon (c.1585-1662) was a British royalist who, after losing his personal fortune after the…

…page of Richard Ligon’s A true & exact history of the island of Barbados, 1657. The issue of access is certainly on our minds, and as we grow as a…

…a headnote she wrote for Inkle and Yarico, who first appeared in Richard Ligon’s History of the Island Barbados (1657). Since then, there have been numerous translations and adaptations. Perhaps…

…about him is that he was a slaveowner who lived in Jamaica between the early 1770s and the late 1790s; that he split his time between Kingston—the island’s commercial capital—and…

…leave the island. Reportedly, when the translator delivered this message to Chatoyer, he responded, “‘Quel roi?’—what king was this, of Great Britain?” “Pour Gold into Their Mouth and Say, ‘Eat…

…late 18th century on the island of Trinidad and Tobago, emerging in a ritual called Cannes Brulees (French for “sugarcane burning”). Enslaved Africans purposefully set fire to sugar cane intended…