28:
17:
50:
to gain his fortune in the New World, like many of his fellow countrymen. Ligon purchased half of a sugar plantation in
Barbados. After two years residence on the island he was attacked by a fever, and returned to England in 1650. He was soon afterward put into prison by his creditors. There are
71:
Ligon's portrait of life in
Barbados has made it into a number of literary journals and historical texts in an attempt by many scholars to derive exactly what life in the islands was like and exactly how Europeans, particularly the English, perceived slaves and their role in the
90:'s analysis of words like "sweet" and "negotiation" in Ligon and says that such an analysis calls attention to various systems of contradiction present in our current understanding of Old World Caribbean culture.
464:
51:
conflicting reports as to whether his narrative was conceived of in prison as a way to pay off his creditors and gain his freedom, or before his imprisonment at the urging of
443:
509:
499:
456:
27:
504:
494:
514:
434:
16:
289:
241:
116:
451:
Text and parenthetical pagination derived from 1657 edition, images from the 1673 edition, and original annotations.
46:
he found himself, as he notes in his narrative, a "stranger in my own country.” On 14 June 1647, he left for
100:
78:
484:
489:
8:
56:
111:. Blackwell Anthologies. Malden, MA & Oxford, England: Blackwell. pp. 205–213.
395:(2nd ed.). London, England: Printed, and are to be sold by Peter Parker . . . and
273:
230:
198:
182:
105:
87:
410:
366:
336:
295:
285:
278:
247:
237:
202:
190:
174:
122:
112:
39:
236:. Millennial Shifts. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press. pp. 127–139.
400:
356:
346:
342:
166:
390:
382:
468:
303:
255:
150:
130:
83:
38:(1585?–1662), an English author, lost his fortune as a royalist during the
460:
280:
The
Cultural Politics of Sugar: Caribbean Slavery and Narratives of Colonialism
155:
The
Cultural Politics of Sugar: Caribbean Slavery and Narratives of Colonialism
194:
478:
370:
225:
178:
414:
405:
351:
299:
251:
126:
135:
361:
259:
170:
307:
217:
73:
52:
426:
186:
396:
47:
43:
59:. His work, a folio with maps and illustrations, is entitled
82:
offers a more linguistic approach to Ligon's texts. Author
63:
and was published in London in 1657 and again in 1673.
392:
A true & exact history of the island of
Barbadoes
220:(1997). "History Beside the Fact: What We Learn from
338:
A true & exact history of the island of
Barbados
436:A True and Exact History of the Island of Barbados
284:. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press.
277:
229:
104:
99:
66:
61:A True and Exact History of the Island of Barbados
21:A True and Exact History of the Island of Barbados
433:Ligon, Richard (2014) . Smith, David Chan (ed.).
107:The Literatures of Colonial America: An Anthology
476:
42:(1642-1651), and during this turbulent time in
341:(1st ed.). London, England: Printed for
31:The earliest printed map of Barbados by Ligon
404:
360:
350:
272:
134:
26:
15:
477:
327:Full text editions of Richard Ligon's
216:
432:
388:
334:
222:A True and Exact History of Barbadoes
149:
459:by Saint Lucian government minister
103:& Schweitzer, Ivy, eds. (2001).
13:
210:
14:
526:
510:17th-century English male writers
500:16th-century English male writers
423:– via the Internet Archive.
379:– via the Internet Archive.
321:
316:– via the Internet Archive.
268:– via the Internet Archive.
145:– via the Internet Archive.
449:from the original on 2022-10-10.
427:Digital Library of the Caribbean
67:Importance in literary analysis
1:
228:& Levine, George (eds.).
505:17th-century English writers
495:16th-century English writers
76:. One review in the journal
7:
10:
531:
515:People imprisoned for debt
93:
159:Early American Literature
79:Early American Literature
463:in 2001, quoting Ligon.
457:Emancipation Day Address
331:can be found online at:
232:The Politics of Research
157:by Keith A. Sandiford".
467:4 February 2012 at the
425:Also available via the
406:10.5962/bhl.title.49834
389:Ligon, Richard (1673).
352:10.5962/bhl.title.53639
335:Ligon, Richard (1657).
32:
24:
171:10.1353/eal.2002.0028
30:
19:
442:(e-text, 5th ed.).
381:Also available via
329:History of Barbados
274:Sandiford, Keith A.
153:(2002). "Review of
57:Bishop of Salisbury
88:Keith A. Sandiford
33:
25:
40:English Civil War
522:
450:
448:
441:
424:
422:
421:
408:
380:
378:
377:
364:
354:
343:Humphrey Moseley
317:
315:
314:
283:
269:
267:
266:
235:
206:
151:Krise, Thomas W.
146:
144:
143:
138:
110:
530:
529:
525:
524:
523:
521:
520:
519:
475:
474:
469:Wayback Machine
446:
439:
419:
417:
375:
373:
324:
312:
310:
292:
264:
262:
244:
213:
211:Further reading
141:
139:
119:
101:Castillo, Susan
96:
84:Thomas W. Krise
69:
12:
11:
5:
528:
518:
517:
512:
507:
502:
497:
492:
487:
473:
472:
461:Damian Greaves
454:
453:
452:
430:
386:
362:2047/D20235165
323:
322:External links
320:
319:
318:
290:
270:
242:
226:Kaplan, E. Ann
212:
209:
208:
207:
165:(3): 554–557.
147:
117:
95:
92:
68:
65:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
527:
516:
513:
511:
508:
506:
503:
501:
498:
496:
493:
491:
488:
486:
483:
482:
480:
470:
466:
462:
458:
455:
445:
438:
437:
431:
428:
416:
412:
407:
402:
398:
394:
393:
387:
384:
372:
368:
363:
358:
353:
348:
344:
340:
339:
333:
332:
330:
326:
325:
309:
305:
301:
297:
293:
291:9780521642330
287:
282:
281:
275:
271:
261:
257:
253:
249:
245:
243:9780813524184
239:
234:
233:
227:
223:
219:
215:
214:
204:
200:
196:
192:
188:
184:
180:
176:
172:
168:
164:
160:
156:
152:
148:
137:
132:
128:
124:
120:
118:9780631211259
114:
109:
108:
102:
98:
97:
91:
89:
85:
81:
80:
75:
64:
62:
58:
54:
49:
45:
41:
37:
36:Richard Ligon
29:
22:
18:
485:1580s births
435:
418:. Retrieved
391:
374:. Retrieved
337:
328:
311:. Retrieved
279:
263:. Retrieved
231:
221:
218:Jehlen, Myra
162:
158:
154:
140:. Retrieved
106:
77:
70:
60:
35:
34:
20:
490:1662 deaths
74:sugar trade
53:Brian Duppa
479:Categories
420:2022-10-10
397:Thomas Guy
383:HathiTrust
376:2022-10-10
313:2022-10-10
265:2022-10-10
195:5543810312
142:2022-10-10
371:841410946
203:153709770
179:1534-147X
465:Archived
444:Archived
415:65321808
300:51202859
276:(2000).
252:36417739
187:25057287
136:6786942M
127:44461834
86:reviews
48:Barbados
260:656689M
94:Sources
44:England
413:
369:
308:46535M
306:
298:
288:
258:
250:
240:
224:". In
201:
193:
185:
177:
133:
125:
115:
23:(1673)
447:(PDF)
440:(PDF)
199:S2CID
183:JSTOR
411:OCLC
367:OCLC
296:OCLC
286:ISBN
248:OCLC
238:ISBN
191:OCLC
175:ISSN
123:OCLC
113:ISBN
401:doi
357:hdl
347:doi
167:doi
481::
409:.
399:.
365:.
355:.
345:.
304:OL
302:.
294:.
256:OL
254:.
246:.
197:.
189:.
181:.
173:.
163:37
161:.
131:OL
129:.
121:.
55:,
471:.
429:.
403::
385:.
359::
349::
205:.
169::
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
