The History of Jamaica: From its Discovery by Christopher Columbus to the Year 1872

by William James Gardner

Overview

This systematic history of Jamaica was written after the abolition of slavery by a man imbued with a sense of 18th-century liberalism. It is based on public records and archives, and the mass of pamphlet literature which had been published over the years.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781135781989
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	07/27/2005
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	526
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

William James Gardner

Table of Contents

PERIOD I DlSCOVERY BY COLUMBUS, AND SPANISH OCCUPATION CHAPTER I THE DISCOVERY OF JAMAICA CHAPTER II SPANISH OCCUPATION CHAPTER III ABORIGINAL INHABITANTS PERIOD II FROM THE CONQUEST BY THE ENGLISH, 1655, TO THE GREAT EARTHQUAKE, 1692 CHAPTER I HISTORICAL EVENTS CHAPTER II COMMERCE AND AGRICULTURE CHAPTER III RELIGION AND EDUCATION CHAPTER IV MANNERS AND CUSTOMS PERIOD III FROM THE EARTHQUAKE TO THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE ANTISLAVERY STRUGGLE, 1782 CHAPTER I HISTORICAL EVENTS CHAPTER II COMMERCE AND AGRICULTURE CHAPTER III MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE INHABITANTS CHAPTER IV RELIGION AND EDUCATION PERIOD IV FROM THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE ANTI-SLAVERY STRUGGLE TO EMANCIPATION, CHAPTER I HISTORICAL EVENTS CHAPTER II COMMERCE AND AGRICULTURE CHAPTER III RELIGION AND EDUCATION CHAPTER IV MANNERS AND CUSTOMS PERIOD V FROM EMANCIPATION TO 1872 CHAPTER I THE FIRST DAYS OF FREEDOM CHAPTER II ADMINISTRATION OF SIR CHARLES METCALFE CHAPTER III FROM THE RETIREMENT OF SIR CHARLES METCALFE TO THAT OF SIR CHARLES GREY CHAPTER IV RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT CHAPTER V RELIGION, EDUCATION, AND SOCIAL PROGRESS, FROM 1839 TO 1865 CHAPTER VI THE OUTBREAK AT ST. THOMAS IN THE EAST CHAPTER VII ADMINISTRATION OF SIR J.P.GRANT