The Black Carib Wars : freedom, survival, and the making of the Garifuna / Christopher Taylor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Taylor, Chris, 1961 September 18-

Series:

Caribbean studies series (Jackson, Miss.)

Caribbean studies series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Garifuna (Caribbean people)--Saint Vincent and the Grenadines--Saint Vincent--History--18th century.

Garifuna (Caribbean people).

Government, Resistance to--Saint Vincent and the Grenadines--Saint Vincent--History--18th century.

Government, Resistance to.

Garifuna (Caribbean people)--Wars--Saint Vincent and the Grenadines--Saint Vincent--History--18th century.

Saint Vincent--History--Carib War, 1795-1796.

Saint Vincent.

Saint Vincent--Race relations--History--18th century.

France--Colonies--America--History--18th century.

France.

Great Britain--Colonies--America--History--18th century.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (215 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In The Black Carib Wars, author Christopher Taylor offers the fullest, most thoroughly researched history of the Garifuna people of St. Vincent, and their uneasy conflicts and alliances with Great Britain and France. The Garifuna--whose descendants were native Carib Indians, Arawaks and West African slaves brought to the Caribbean--were free citizens of St. Vincent. Beginning in the mid-1700s, they clashed with a number of colonial powers who claimed ownership of the island and its people. Upon the Garifuna's eventual defeat by the British in 1796, the people were dispersed to Central America.

Contents:

Youroumayn

Good Friends, Cruel Enemies

Quel Roi?

Allies of the French

A Pity It Belongs to the Caribs

The Cry of Liberty

Calvary of the Caribs

Aftermath

Appendix 1: The Anglo-Carib Peace Treaty of 1773

Appendix 2: Return of the Charaibs landed at Baliseau from July 26th 96 to Feb. 2nd, 1797

Appendix 3: Numbers, Names, and Ages of Charibs Surrendered, taken the 28th May 1805

Appendix 4: The Indigenous Population.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

"Published in 2012 in the United Kingdom by Signal Books ... Oxford"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-62974-7

9786613942197

1-61703-311-1

OCLC:

762768976