Caribbeana: An Anthology of English Literature of the West Indies, 1657-1777

374 Pages·1999·17.56 MB·English

by  Thomas W. Krise

CARIBBEANA
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THOMASW.KRISEisassociateprofessorofEnglishandexecutiveofficeroftheAirForce
HumanitiesInstituteattheU.S.AirForceAcademyinColoradoSprings.
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ISBN(cloth):0-226-45390-1
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Caribbeana:ananthologyofEnglishliteratureoftheWestIndies,
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1. WestIndianliterature(English) 2. CaribbeanAreaLiterary
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Contents
c./fcknowledgments IX
c./fNoteontheText Xl
Introduction I
1. RICHARD LIGON
FROMc./fTrueandExaElHiHoryoftheIsland
ofBarbados(1657) 16
2. EDMUND HICKERINGILL
FROM]amaica Viewed(1661) 31
3. THOMAS TRYON
FROM:friendlyAdvicetotheGentlemen-Planters
oftheEaHandWeHIndies(1684) 51
4. EDWARD WARD
c./fTripto]amaica(1698) 77
5. ANONYMOUS
c./fSpeechMadebyaBlackofGuardaloupe
(1709) 93
6. ANONYMOUS
TheSpeechofMosesBonSaam(1735) 101
VI!
Vlll CONTENTS
7. ROBERT ROBERTSON
FROM 'TheSpeechofMr.JohnTalbotCampo-bell
(1736) 108
8. FRANCES SEYMOUR
'TheStoryofInkleandYaricoANDcAnEpiflle
fromYaricotoInkle,AfterhehadleftherinSlavery
(1738) 141
9.
THE "INGENIOUS LADY" OF BARBADOS
POEMS FROM Caribbeana(1741) 147
10. JAMES GRAINGER
'TheSugarCane:APoem,InFourBooks(1764) 166
11. JOHN SINGLETON
FROM cAGeneralDescriptionoftheWefl-IndianIslands
(1767) 261
12. FRANCIS WILLIAMS
"Carmen, anOde," inEdwardLong's
Of,
cAHifloryofJamaica(1774) 315
13. ANONYMOUS
FROMJamaica, aPoem,InThreeParts(1777) 326
:JXEtes 341
cAcknowledgments
This anthologyis aproductofapassion for the historyand culture ofthe
WestIndiesthatbeganduringmyschooldays in SaintThomas,VirginIs
lands.Theencouragementofmanyteachers,patrons,andfriendshasenabled
meto cultivate thatpassioneversince.Mygreatestdebtsareto Lieutenant
ColonelDonaldAnderson,Dr.J.PaulHunter,Dr.JaniceKnight,Dr.Bruce
Redford,andColonelJackM.Shuttleworth.Forassistanceofvariouskinds,
Iamindebtedtothefollowing:Dr.ThomasBonnerJr.,LieutenantColonel
DavidA.Boxwell,Dr.J.DouglasCanfield,Ms.BarbaraCrawford,Colonel
FrederickT. Kiley, Dr.JanelMueller,Dr. CarlaMulford,Mrs.TanyaRos
burg,Dr.LaurieShannon,Dr.StuartSherman,andDr.DavidS.Shields.
GenerousgrantsfromtheAirForceInstituteofTechnology,theFaculty
ResearchCommitteeandtheAcademicSupportFundoftheU.S.AirForce
Academy,theFrankJ.SeilerResearchLaboratory,andtheColumbiaBroad
casting System Foundation's Bicentennial Narrators' Scholarship have al
lowedmetostudyatarichvarietyoflibrariesandarchives.Iamgratefultothe
NationalEndowmentforthe Humanitiesforenablingme toparticipatein
Dr. RonaldPaulson's andDr. FrancesFerguson's1990SummerInstitute at
JohnsHopkinsUniversity.I amindebtedfurthertoDr.TerryBelangerand
Dr.DavidGantsoftheRareBookSchoolattheUniversityofVirginia,and
tothelibrariansandstaffsofthefollowinglibraries:theJosephL.Regenstein
LibraryoftheUniversityofChicago(especiallyDr.AliceSchreyerandher
SpecialCollectionsstaff);theJames FordBellLibraryoftheUniversityof
Minnesota;theAirForceAcademyLibrary;theNewberryLibrary,Chicago;
the SpecialCollectionsLibraryoftheUniversityofIllinoisatChicago;the
Seabury-WesternEpiscopalTheologicalSeminaryLibrary,Evanston,Illi
nois;theHenryE.HuntingtonLibrary,SanMarino,California(especially
Dr.RoyRitchie);theWilliamAndrewsClarkMemorialLibrary,LosAnge-
les;theBritishLibrary;theBodleian,WorcesterCollege,andRhodesHouse ix