Igniting the Caribbean's Past
Subtitle: Fire in British West Indian History
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Published: December 3, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780807855232
Subjects: Social history; c 1800 to c 1900; History - General History; Disasters & Disaster Relief; History: World; West Indies; Caribbean & West Indies - General; History / Caribbean & West Indies; Social Science-Disasters & Disaster Relief; 19th century; Arson; Fires; History; Slave insurrections; West Indies, British
First sentence: THE SUGARCANE PLANTATION OWNERS ON THE British island colony of Antigua, in the northeastern corner of the Caribbean Sea, considered themselves under siege.