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Four years' residence in the West Indies

Title
Four years' residence in the West Indies / by F.W.N. Bayley.
Author
Bayley, F. W. N. (Frederic William Naylor), 1808-1853.
Publication
London : William Kidd, 6, Old Bond Street, MDCCCXXX. [1830]

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Additional Authors
  • Whittingham, Charles, 1767-1840
  • Kidd, William, 1803-1867, publisher.
Description
xiii, [3], 693, [1] p., [8] leaves of plates (1 folded) ; ill.; 24 cm.
Donor/Sponsor
Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Alternative Title
New and interesting works published by William Kidd, 6, Old Bond Street.
Subjects
Note
  • With a half-title.
  • "London: Charles Whittingham, Tooks Court."--printer's statement, verso of title page and colophon.
  • "Appendix" (p. 604-693) include the chronology and statistics of the individual islands of the British West Indies.
Indexed In (note)
  • Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.)
  • Ragatz, L.J. Guide for the study of British Caribbean history, 1763-1834
Provenance (note)
  • is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.
Contents
ch. 1. My birthday, or, the voyage described -- ch. 2. The departure ; A gale in the Downs -- ch. 3. The voyage ; The arrival -- ch. 4. The landing -- ch. 5. The town -- ch. 6. The ride ; The reception -- ch. 7. Hospitality and character of the Barbadians -- ch. 8. Society and education -- ch. 9. Miscellanies -- ch. 10. Dishonesty of the domestic slaves ; A Negro supper -- ch. 11. Moonlight ; Methodists and militia -- ch. 12. Sugar making -- ch. 13. Negro huts, hospitals, and nurseries -- ch. 14. Codrington College -- ch. 15. The deserted -- ch. 16. Codrington College -- ch. 17. Eating and drinking -- ch. 18. Leaving Barbados ; Making St. Lucia -- ch. 19. Island of St. Lucia -- ch. 20. St. Vincent ; The arrival ; The visit ; The ride -- ch. 21. Fort Charlotte -- ch. 22. Old Woman's Point ; A ball -- ch. 23. Kingstown ; The chain gang -- ch. 24. Miscellanies -- ch. 25. Trinidad -- ch. 26. Miscellanies -- ch. 27. The Charaib War -- ch. 28. The ball and supper -- ch. 29. Mount Souffrière -- ch. 30. The Charaib War -- ch. 31. Dominica -- ch. 32. Martinique -- ch. 33. The Charaib War -- ch. 34. Past and present state of the Charaibs -- ch. 35. Miscellanies -- ch. 36. Antigua -- ch. 37. Anguilla ; Barbuda ; Nevis and Montserrat -- ch. 38. St. Christopher's -- ch. 39. Miscellanies -- ch. 40. Leaving St. Vincent -- ch. 41. Grenada ; Georgetown -- ch. 42. Slavery as it is ; The Negro and the peasant ; Question of emancipation -- ch. 43. Lives of estate Negroes ; Africans and Creoles ; Gradual emancipation -- ch. 44. Past cruelties and present amelioration -- ch. 45. Improved condition of the Negroes ; State of St. Domingo -- ch. 46. Emancipated slaves -- ch. 47. Domestic and town slaves ; Their lives -- ch. 48. Exceptions to the general rule ; Food and clothing -- ch. 49. Slaves ; Days of jubilee -- ch. 50. Concluding observations on slavery -- ch. 51. Forts and free Africans -- ch. 52. Society of Grenada ; Notes on a ball -- ch. 53. Fevers and their effects ; A ride and a river scene -- ch. 54. Cash, characters, and the carnival -- ch. 55. Roads and floods ; Gouyave and the Grand Etang -- ch. 56. Colored people -- ch. 57. A chapter of miscellanies -- ch. 58. My departure ; My voyage home ; An incident -- ch. 59. Earthquakes -- ch. 60. Hurricanes -- ch. 61. Natural productions of the Antilles ; Soil and climate -- ch. 62. Natural history -- ch. 63. Many mems. on many matters -- Appendix: 1. The geology and geography of the West Indies ; 2. Chronology of Jamaica, from its discovery to the year 1815 ; 3. Chronology of Barbados, from A.D. 1605 to A.D. 1811 ; 4. Chronology of St. Vincent, from A.D. 1596 to A.D. 1812 ; 5. Chronology of Grenada, from its discovery to A.D. 1813 ; 6. Chronology of Dominica, from its discovery to A.D. 1814 ; 7. Chronology of Antigua, from its discovery to A.D. 1810 ; 8. Chronology of Trinidad, from A.D. 1498 to A.D. 1815 ; 9. Chronology of St. Christopher's, from A.D. 1623 to A.D. 1805 ; 10. Chronology of Montserrat, from A.D. 1629 to A.D. 1810 ; 11. Chronology of Nevis, from A.D. 1603 to A.D. 1812 ; 11. Chronology of Tobago, from A.D. 1596 to A.D. 1812 ; 12. Chronology of St. Lucia, from A.D. 1596 to A.D. 1803.
Call Number
Sc Rare 917.29-B (Bayley, F. W. N. Four years' residence. 1830)
LCCN
29025242
OCLC
  • 1619291
  • NYPGR1619291-B
Author
Bayley, F. W. N. (Frederic William Naylor), 1808-1853.
Title
Four years' residence in the West Indies / by F.W.N. Bayley.
Imprint
London : William Kidd, 6, Old Bond Street, MDCCCXXX. [1830]
Indexed In:
Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.), 978
Ragatz, L.J. Guide for the study of British Caribbean history, 1763-1834, p. 219
Provenance
Copy in Sc Rare 917.29-B (accession no. B526841) is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN
Local Note
Copy in Sc Rare 917.29-B accompanied by [8] p. of publisher's advertisements, bound in at end: "New and interesting works published by William Kidd, 6, Old Bond Street." NN
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Kidd, William, 1803-1867, publisher.
Whittingham, Charles, 1767-1840, printer.
Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner.
Added Title
New and interesting works published by William Kidd, 6, Old Bond Street. NN
Research Call Number
Sc Rare 917.29-B (Bayley, F. W. N. Four years' residence. 1830)
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