West Indian History in Four Movements

Enjoy an impressionistic overview of West Indian history organized around a few particularly decisive moments, including European contact in the late fifteenth century, the rise of plantation slavery in the seventeenth century, and the abolition of the “peculiar institution” in the nineteenth. Explore the role played by warfare, tropical disease, and tropical weather in the history of the West Indies. Receive valuable context, allowing for a deeper engagement with and appreciation for the region.