1st Edition

The Early English Caribbean, 1570–1700 Vol 3

    This four-volume collection brings together rare pamphlets from the formative years of the English involvement in the Caribbean. Texts presented in the volumes cover the first impressions of the region, imperial rivalries between European traders and settlers and the experience of day-to-day life in the colonies.

    Settling Anon., A True Description of Jamaica, with the Fertility, Commodities, and Healthfulness of the Place (1657); E[dmund] H[ickeringill], Jamaica Viewed (1661); Thomas Trapham, A Discourse of the State of Health in the Island of Jamaica (1679); F[rancis] H[anson], A Short Account of the Island and Government Thereof (1683); Anon., The Present State of Jamaica (1683); John Poyntz, The Present Prospect of the Famous and Fertile Island of Tobago (1683) Labour James Hay, Second Earl of Carlisle, A Declaration by James, Earl of Carlile, Lord of the Caribee Islands (1647); Marcellus Rivers and Oxenbridge Foyle, Englands Slavery, or Barbados Merchandize (1659); Anon., A True and Impartial Naration of the Remarkable Providences of the Living God of Heaven and Earth (1664); Anon., One Cry More of the Innocent and Oppressed for Justice (1665); [Mary Carleton], News from Jamaica in a Letter from Port Royal (1671); T. M., A Letter from Jamaica to a Friend in London ([1682]); Henry Pitman, A Relation of the Great Sufferings and Strange Adventures of Henry Pitman (1689); John Coad, 'A Memorandum of the Wonderful Providences of God... in and after the Revolution between the Duke of Monmouth and King James' (c.1691) Slave Uprisings G. W., 'Letter from Barbados, dated 30 November 1675' (1676); Anon., A Brief, But Most True Relation of the Late Barbarous and Bloody Plot of the Negro's in the Island of Barbados (1693) Local Governance Barbados Assembly, Acts and Statutes of the Island of Barbados ([c.1654]); Anon., A Brief and True Remonstrance of the Illegall Proceedings of Roger Osburn ([c.1654]); Robert Sanford [and William Byam ], Surinam Justice (1662); [William Byam], An Exact Relation of the Most Execrable Attempts of John Allin, Committed on ... Francis Lord Willoughby of Parham, Captain General of Guiana and of all the Caribby-Islands (1665); Anon., The State of Jamaica, Printed with The Laws of Jamaica (1684) Editorial Notes List of Sources