Gelien Matthews: 3 books

In this illuminating study, Gelien Matthews demonstrates how slave rebellions in the British West Indies influenced the tactics of abolitionists in England and how the rhetoric and actions of the abolitionists emboldened slaves. Moving between the world of the British Parliament and the realm of Caribbean...

As separate entities and later a unified state, the Caribbean islands of Trinidad and Tobago boast very unique histories. Initially claimed by the Spanish in 1498, these territories were affected by the imperialist thrusts of various European nations including the French, British and Dutch. The mercantilist...

What is truly interesting about this book is that it superbly captures the fact that despite the obstacles of hurricanes, limited financial resources, and the separation of these islands by the Caribbean Sea, men and women, youths and children, both at home and abroad, triumphed in firmly establishing...