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Tables of Contents for Understanding Jamaica Kincaid's Annie John
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Introduction
xi
 
1. Literary Analysis of Annie John: Coming of Age in Antigua
1
12
2. Historical Context: Slavery and Its Aftermath FROM:
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John Luffman
Letters from Antigua (1789)
22
8
Mary Prince
The History of Mary Prince, a West Indian Slave, Narrated by Herself (1831)
30
6
A Genuine Narrative of the Intended Conspiracy of the Negroes at Antigua, Extracted from an Authentic Copy of a Report Made to the Chief Governor of the Carabee Islands (1737)
36
7
David Barry Gaspar
"From `The Sense of Their Slavery': Slave Women and Resistance in Antigua, 1632-1763" (1996)
43
5
Olaudah Equiano
The Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African (1789)
48
4
Jas. A. Thome
J. Horace Kimball
The Anti-Slavery Examiner: Emancipation in the West Indies: A Six Months' Tour of Antigua, Barbadoes, and Jamaica, in the Year 1837 (1838)
52
4
Keithlyn B. Smith
Fernando C. Smith
To Shoot Hard Labour: The Life and Times of Samuel Smith, an Antiguan Workingman, 1877-1982 (1986)
56
6
Moira Ferguson
"A Lot of Memory: An Interview with Jamaica Kincaid" (1994)
62
5
3. Spirituality in Antigua: Obeah and Christianity FROM:
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52
William S. Birge, M.D.
In Old Roseau: Reminiscences of Life as I Found It in the Island of Dominica, and Among the Carib Indians (1900)
71
4
Matthew Gregory Lewis
Journal of a West India Proprietor, Kept During a Residence in the Island of Jamaica (1834)
75
5
Hesketh J. Bell
Obeah: Witchcraft in the West Indies (1893)
80
2
B. Pullen-Burry
Jamaica As It Is (1903)
82
1
J.H. Buchner
The Moravians in Jamaica: History of the Mission of the United Brethren's Church to the Negroes in the Island of Jamaica, from the Year 1754 to 1854 (1854)
83
2
Basil C. Hedrick
Jeanette E. Stephens
It's a Natural Fact: Obeah in the Bahamas (1977)
85
7
[Mrs. Lanaghan], Antigua and the Antiguans (1844)
85
7
Thomas Coke
A History of the West Indies (1808-1811)
99
3
Keithlyn B. Smith
Fernando C. Smith
To Shoot Hard Labour: The Life and Times of Samuel Smith, an Antiguan Workingman, 1877-1982 (1986)
102
6
Interview with Michael Porobunu, of Nigeria (1997)
108
11
4. A Colonial Education: The Christopher Columbus Controversy FROM:
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38
George Bancroft
History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent (1841)
126
1
Washington Irving
The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus; To Which Are Added Those of His Companions (1868)
127
9
David E. Stannard
American Holocaust: The Conquest of the New World (1992)
136
6
J. Zamgba Browne
"Reject Columbus Day?: The People Speak" (1993)
142
2
Mark Kosinski
"Myth of Columbs Is Hard to Dispel" (1992)
144
3
William H. McNeill
"Why Celebrate the Quincentenary?" (1992)
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2
"The Columbian Quincentenary: An Educational Opportunity" (1991)
149
8
5. Social Context: Family Life in Antigua FROM:
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30
J.H. Buchner
The Moravians in Jamaica: History of the Mission of the United Brethren's Church to the Negroes in the Island of Jamaica, from the Year 1754 to 1854 (1854)
161
2
[Mrs. Lanaghan], Antigua and the Antiguans (1844)
163
3
Keithlyn B. Smith
Fernando C. Smith
To Shoot Hard Labour: The Life and Times of Samuel Smith, an Antiguan Workingman, 1877-1982 (1986)
166
6
Mindie Lazarus-Black
"Bastardy, Gender Hierarchy, and the State: The Politics of Family Law Reform in Antigua and Barbuda" (1992)
172
15
6. Leaving Home: Emigration from the West Indies FROM:
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20
David Lowenthal
West Indian Societies (1972)
191
7
Gene Grove
"American Scene: The West Indians" (1966)
198
9
Index
207