The history, civil and commercial, of the British colonies in the West Indies
By: By Bryan Edwards
Contributors: Young, William, Sir, 1749-1815; Broughton, Arthur, -1796
Edition: 2d ed.
Publisher: Printed for J. Stockdale
Published: 1794
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Subjects: History; Slavery; Botany
Notes: Vols. 1-2, dated 1794, are the second edition of a work "complete in two volumes"; v. 3 is a new edition of the author's "Historical survey of the French colony in the island of St. Domingo" which appeared originally as a separate work, but in 1801 was issued as v. 3 of "The history ... of the British West Indies ... in three volumes."
Table of contents: title: v. 1. A general view of their ancient state and inhabitants. Jamaica. English Charaibean Islands. Hortus eastensis; or, A catalogue of exotic plants, in the garden of Hinton East ... in the island of Jamaica ... By Arthur Broughton.; title: v. 2. Present inhabitants. Agriculture. Government and commerce.; title: v. 3. An historical survey of the French colony in the island of St. Domingo: comprehending an account of the revolt of the Negroes in the year 1791, and a detail of the military transactions of the British army in that island, in the years 1793 & 1794. A tour through the several islands of Barbadoes, St. Vincent, Tobago, and Grenada, in the years 1791, and 1792: by Sir William Young. History of the war in the West Indies, from its commencement in 1793.