Becoming Belize : A History of an Outpost of Empire Searching for Identity, 1528-1823 / Mavis Christine Campbell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Campbell, Mavis Christine, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Belize--History.

Belize.

Belize--Colonization--History.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxii, 425 pages) : illustrations

Other Title:

Becoming Belize

Place of Publication:

Kingston, Jamaica : The University of the West Indies Press, [2011]

Summary:

Explores early Spanish attempts to colonize the area, positing an alliance between British logwood cutters and the Miskito Indians to counterbalance Spain's power. Looks at how social relations under forestry slavery resulted in less violence and outward resistance than was the case in British sugar colonies.

Contents:

pt. 1. Spanish Belize, 1528-1708 : attempts at settlement. Early Belize : Spaniards and Maya in a bloody encounter

Tipu, or negroman : an "outpost of Christianity"

A new phase of resistance : Tipu in the vanguard

pt. 2. British Belize, 1708-1823. Early British settlement in Belize to 1763

"English Lutheran corsairs" and the Miskito Indians : an odd relationship

Spanish attacks on Belize to the Treaty of Paris, 1763 : flight to the Mosquito shore

Post-treaty attacks, despite recognition : 1763-1787

The Mosquito shore settlers in Belize : the establishment of civil government

The Belize settlement up to the Battle of St George's Cay

Aftermath of the Battle of St George's Cay : slavery in the timber industry

Epilogue

Appendix A: Inhabitants of the Bay of Honduras subscribing to the Articles of Regulations, 1765

Appendix B: Accounts of loss sustained by the British settlers at the capture of St Georges Key, 1779.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 395-405) and index.

Description based on: online resource; title from PDF information screen (The University of the West Indies Press, viewed December 4, 2022).

Publisher Number:

2027/heb34625 hdl