Antigua and the Antiguans (Vol. 1&2) (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. A Full Account of the Colony and Its Inhabitants from the Time of the Caribs to the Present DayBy Mrs. Lanaghan
Length27h 51m
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Antigua and the Antiguans (Vol. 1&2) is a capacious nineteenth-century account of the island's history, geography, society, and colonial institutions, moving from settlement narratives and plantation life to religion, manners, natural scenery, and the aftermath of emancipation. Written in the descriptive, documentary mode of Victorian travel and colonial literature, it combines anecdote, observation, moral reflection, and historical compilation, making it both a literary artifact and a valuable record of Caribbean life under British imperial rule. Mrs. Lanaghan writes from the perspective of a cultivated observer shaped by the social assumptions and reformist concerns of her age. Her attention to domestic life, education, religious practice, and the condition of formerly enslaved people suggests an author engaged not merely in picturesque description but in interpreting Antigua's transformation after the abolition of slavery. The work reflects both the limits of colonial viewpoint and a genuine effort to document a society in transition. This book is recommended to readers of Caribbean history, post-emancipation studies, colonial travel writing, and women's authorship in the nineteenth century. Though modern readers must approach its judgments critically, its detail, range, and immediacy make it an indispensable source for understanding Antigua's historical memory and the cultural world of the British West Indies.
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GenreHistory
Length27 hrs 51 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateApr 6, 2021
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Antigua and the Antiguans (Vol. 1&2) (Annotated)
26CHAPTER XXIV.
2Volume 1
27CHAPTER XXV.
3CHAPTER I.
28CHAPTER XXVI.
4CHAPTER II.
29CHAPTER XXVII.
5CHAPTER III.
30CHAPTER XXVIII.
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6CHAPTER IV.
31Volume 2
7CHAPTER V.
32CHAPTER XXIX.
8CHAPTER VI.
33CHAPTER XXX.
9CHAPTER VII.
34CHAPTER XXXI.
10CHAPTER VIII.
35CHAPTER XXXII.
11CHAPTER IX.
36CHAPTER XXXIII.
12CHAPTER X.
37CHAPTER XXXIV.
13CHAPTER XI.
38CHAPTER XXXV.
14CHAPTER XII.
39CHAPTER XXXVI.
15CHAPTER XIII.
40CHAPTER XXXVII.
16CHAPTER XIV.
41CHAPTER XXXVIII.
17CHAPTER XV.
42CHAPTER XXXIX.
18CHAPTER XVI.
43CHAPTER XL.
19CHAPTER XVII.
44CHAPTER XLI.
20CHAPTER XVIII.
45CHAPTER XLII.
21CHAPTER XIX.
46CHAPTER XLIII.
22CHAPTER XX.
47CHAPTER XLIV.
23CHAPTER XXI.
48CHAPTER XLV.
24CHAPTER XXII.
49CHAPTER XLVI.
25CHAPTER XXIII.
50CHAPTER XLVII.
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