A History of the West Indies

This work, written immediately after the abolition of slavery, but 25 years before emancipation, and based on a wealth of documentation, concentrates on the history of the missions in the Caribbean.
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.