ABSTRACT

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.

chapter I|6 pages

THE DISCOVERY

chapter II|10 pages

SPANISH OCCUPATION

chapter III|10 pages

THE ABORIGINAL INHABITANTS

chapter I|50 pages

HISTORICAL EVENTS

chapter II|10 pages

COMMERCE AND AGRICULTURE

chapter III|6 pages

RELIGION AND EDUCATION

chapter IV|8 pages

MANNERS AND CUSTOMS

chapter I|50 pages

HISTORICAL EVENTS

chapter II|12 pages

COMMERCE AND AGRICULTURE

chapter III|28 pages

MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE INHABITANTS

chapter IV|18 pages

RELIGION AND EDUCATION

chapter I|102 pages

HISTORICAL EVENTS

chapter II|12 pages

COMMERCE AND AGRICULTURE

chapter III|46 pages

RELIGION AND EDUCATION

chapter IV|18 pages

MANNERS AND CUSTOMS

chapter I|10 pages

THE FIRST DAYS OF FREEDOM

chapter II|14 pages

ADMINISTRATION OF SIR CHARLES METCALFE

chapter IV|12 pages

RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT

chapter VI|24 pages

THE OUTBREAK AT ST. THOMAS IN THE EAST

chapter VII|14 pages

THE ADMINISTRATION OF SIR JOHN PETER GRANT