Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume 2 (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day

Antigua is the usual residence of the captain-general and governor-in-chief of the Leeward Islands; and in his absence, the oldest member of council, who is styled president, ac...

In commencing this chapter upon botany, I deem it proper to mention first the forest trees, confining myself to those vegetating in Antigua. As, however, it will be necessary to...

Negroes: Their introduction into the New World--Bartholomew Las Casas--His intercessions in favour of the Indians--Cardinal Ximenes--Origin of the slave trade--Its adoption by t...

Among the _curiosities_ found about the shores of Antigua, are, first, the orb-fish, sea-porcupine, or _orbus-major,_ as it is severally called. This fish varies from seven inch...

Negroes: Superstition--Trials by ordeal--Flower-fence--Bible and key--A way to recover stolen property--Charm to prevent a scolding tongue--Jumbies--A night's adventure--The sol...

Prejudice--Its former and present character--An act of resentment--The "Prejudice Bell"--Exclusion of persons of colour from offices of trust and polished society--The dawn of b...

Negroes: The assertion that negroes are careless of all domestic ties confuted by anecdotes--"Shadows" of negro character--Excuses for them--Conversion to Christianity--Belief o...

Negroes: Palliations, _but not excuses_, for former cruelties-- A harsh planter--Crimes of slaves--The little negroes' dinner-hour--A character--Negroes' want of thought--Barter...

infant,) died unm. in 1764. vi. Henry, D.D., m. Hester, dau. of John Gunthorpe, of Antigua, Esq., and dying, left issue by his wife, 1. Hester Byam, m. 7 Aug. 1781, Anthony Munt...

Samuel Winthorpe, Esq., visiting Holland, espoused there a Dutch lady, (whose name we have not been able to ascertain,) with whom he immediately afterwards emigrated to Antigua,...

The pure in blood--Places of amusement--The theatre--"Romeo Coates"--Jugglers and rope-dancers--Maroon parties--Shooting season--The Creole beauties--Dress--"The lords of the cr...

A chapter on colour--Gradual removes from the negroes--Middle classes--Personal appearance--Devotions at their mirrors--Style of dress--Chapel belles--Passion for dress--Home an...

After having given a short sketch of the murder of Mr. Blizard and Mr. Ogilvie by their slaves, it was my intention to have entered more fully into the cases of poisoning which...

After dancing, I think the next favourite pastime of the negroes, particularly among the younger ones, is to collect together upon a fine moonlight night, and talk "Nancy storie...

Caribs: Domestic state--Treatment of their women--Children-- Their early tuition--Superstitious cruelties--Hatred of the Arrowawks--Female children--Occupation of the men--Canoe...

In continuing my "shadows" of negro character, methinks I hear my good readers cry out, "Why, here is nothing but paradoxes. In a former chapter the negroes were all and everyth...

In an island like Antigua, destitute of every wild animal of larger growth than a rabbit or a rat, it may be deemed risible to talk about its _zoology;_ but as that word embrace...

As in commencing my chapter on colour, I deemed it necessary to mention the different grades and gradations among that olive-tinted race; so in writing upon the white population...

The next crime I have to mention, in this continuation of dark tints, is murder. This dreadful act, however, I am happy to say, is not very common now; in these days they seldom...

Remarks upon free system--State of affairs before emancipation --Trials and casualties--Improved price of land--Sugar estate during slavery--Benefits of emancipation in the mora...

It is now necessary to make some mention of the exterior appearance of this large bulk of the population of Antigua, the blacks. As most persons are aware, the distinguishing fe...

Having, in the preceding chapter, glanced at the "rise and progress" of the _mushroom_ part of the aristocracy, it may be deemed requisite for me to enlarge upon the merits of t...

I have in so many places made reference to the style of dress adopted by the negroes, that to bring it under a particular head may be deemed superfluous. And yet I cannot let it...

We have now to mention the amusements of the negroes, and their conduct in their hours of recreation. The blacks have a remarkable ear for music, and consequently are particular...

After mentioning the recreations, dress, and general habits of the negroes, it may be necessary to give some account of their principal occupations. By far the greater part of t...

Negroes: A little change for the better--"Shadows nursed by night retire"--Respect to age--Filial affection--Generosity-- Their kindness to the poorer class of whites--Cleanline...

Having given a short sketch of the manner in which the generality of the negro-men employ their time, it will be proper also to mention the occupation of the females. Many of th...

Grenada, and sometime equerry to the Queen's household, m. 31 March, 1743; Lady Jane Bertie, dau. of the third Duke of Ancaster,[84] and by her (who died 21 July, 1793) had issu...

Among the numerous children of the Hon. Ashton Warner, Speaker of the house of assembly, his youngest sons were, i. Samuel-Henry, born 11 Dec. 1733, and appointed deputy provost...

Edward, son and heir, of Old Road. Antigua, and Newlands, in the parish of Thames Ditton, co. Surrey, born 9 May, 1710, m. in 1747, Mary, dau. of -- Bennet, of Penryth, co. Cumb...

Sir William, Knt., who was elevated to the peerage, by letters patent, dated 16 Feb. 1547, in the dignity of Lord Willoughby of Parham. His lordship having distinguished himself...

Antigua, died in or about 1717, leaving his nephew, George Thomas, his heir. ii. George, (second son of William Thomas,) col. in the army, m. -- Winthorpe, dau. of Samuel Wintho...

the county of Berks, in 1787, died in 1816, leaving by his wife Charlotte, dau. of Col. Yorke, three sons--viz., 1. Samuel, lieut.-col. in the guards; killed in France, 13 Dec....

Badajos, Spain, by the explosion of a mine, leaving, by Catharine, his wife, dau. of Sir John Call, Bart., (since re-married to A. R. Prior, Esq.,) 1. George, a colonel in the a...

Abingdon, (by his wife, Eleanor, dau. of Sir Henry Leigh,) and had issue a son, who succeeded his grandfather as Willoughby, third Earl of Abingdon, born in 1692, m. Anna-Maria,...

Regiment of Foot, m. 20 June, 1795, Frances, dau. of Edward Millar Munday,[88] of Shepley, co. Derby, the issue of which marriage was a son, Sir Charles-Augustus Fitzroy, K.H.,...

family of that name in Holland, and who accompanied Mary, Queen of William III., to England as one of the maids of honour. The nuptials were celebrated at Kingston, co. Surrey....

No. 5.--Copy of the Grant of Land to Col. Philip Warner, after the Restoration of Antigua to the English Crown, in 1667 ---- Copy of the Grant of Land to Col. Philip Warner, res...

the Island of Antigua; m. Elizabeth, dau. of the Hon. Richard Scott, (one of King William III.'s counsellors for Barbados,) by whom he had (among other issue) a son and heir, Ri...

Mackinnon, born in 1697, died 8 Oct. 1767, and was buried in Abbey Church, Bath, where there is a monument erected to his memory, m. Charity, second dau. of William Yeamans, of...

traced above,) speaker of the house of assembly, and attorney-general for Antigua, born in 1691, and m. 8 April, 1714, Eliza-Anne, (dau. of George Clarke, of Clark's Hill, Antig...

and Gen. Sir William Payne, who m. Lady Harriet Quin, dau. of the Earl of Dunraven, and who, in 1814, took the name of Galway. He was succeeded by his son, the present Baronet i...

Prejudice--Its former and present character--An act of resentment--The "Prejudice Bell"--Exclusion of persons of colour from offices of trust and polished society--The dawn of b...

Negroes: Their introduction into the New World--Bartholomew Las Casas--His intercessions in favour of the Indians--Cardinal Ximenes--Origin of the slave trade--Its adoption by t...

Oxford. ii. Yeamans, died young, and was buried at Oxford, in 1714. iii. Edward, of Cedar Hill, Antigua, and Clay Hill, co. Middlesex, admitted a student of Trinity Coll., Cambr...

Remarks upon free system--State of affairs before emancipation --Trials and casualties--Improved price of land--Sugar estate during slavery--Benefits of emancipation in the mora...

Yeamans,) who m. Dorothy, the dau. of Henry Vernon, Esq., of an ancient family of that name, in Staffordshire, and had issue, i. William, of whom presently. ii. Daniel, Esq., ba...

Negroes: The assertion that negroes are careless of all domestic ties confuted by anecdotes--"Shadows" of negro character--Excuses for them--Conversion to Christianity--Belief o...

Caribs: Domestic state--Treatment of their women--Children-- Their early tuition--Superstitious cruelties--Hatred of the Arrowawks--Female children--Occupation of the men--Canoe...

A chapter on colour--Gradual removes from the negroes--Middle classes--Personal appearance--Devotions at their mirrors--Style of dress--Chapel belles--Passion for dress--Home an...

Negroes: Palliations, _but not excuses_, for former cruelties-- A harsh planter--Crimes of slaves--The little negroes' dinner-hour--A character--Negroes' want of thought--Barter...

Negroes: Superstition--Trials by ordeal--Flower-fence--Bible and key--A way to recover stolen property--Charm to prevent a scolding tongue--Jumbies--A night's adventure--The sol...

The pure in blood--Places of amusement--The theatre--"Romeo Coates"--Jugglers and rope-dancers--Maroon parties--Shooting season--The Creole beauties--Dress--"The lords of the cr...

Negroes: A little change for the better--"Shadows nursed by night retire"--Respect to age--Filial affection--Generosity-- Their kindness to the poorer class of whites--Cleanline...