1st Edition

A History of the West Indies Containing the Natural, Civil and Ecclesiastical History of Each Island

By Thomas Coke Copyright 1971
1472 Pages
by Routledge

556 Pages
by Routledge

1472 Pages
by Routledge

Disappointed with the purely secular tone of the earlier West Indian histories, Thomas Coke concentrated on the history of the missions in the Caribbean. This work was written immediately after the abolition of slavery, but 25 years before emancipation, and based on a wealth of documentation.

Chapters XXXIV - LV, Index

Biography

Thomas Coke