Testimonies on The History of Jamaica Vol. 1
eBook - ePub

Testimonies on The History of Jamaica Vol. 1

  1. 45 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Testimonies on The History of Jamaica Vol. 1

About this book

History was written—England captured Jamaica from the Spaniards under Oliver Cromwell in 1655. Much of this history has been retold by Edward Long, best known for his first socio-economic and political study The History of Jamaica. His polemic supported the enslavement of African and Caribbean people and the monopolies and monocultures played out through the natural environment.These testimonies address some of Long's claims. A slave woman tells of the naming of Catherine's Peak and the erasure of the achievements of Black Jamaicans in the field of natural history. A mystic takes us back to the Spanish occupation. The maroons Juan de Bolas and Juan de Serras grieve their fate and the tragic future that came with sugarcane. These are imaginings of what the people who lived through this wrestling of Jamaica might have said, given the chance.

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Yes, you can access Testimonies on The History of Jamaica Vol. 1 by Zakiya McKenzie in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in History & Latin American & Caribbean History. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Copyright Page
  3. —Edouard Glissant, History and Literature, Caribbean Discourse, 1989
  4. Izolo, the mystic
  5. Wande Sheba
  6. Tansy
  7. Glossary