Cuba, US: The Institude for the study of the Americas and the Institude of Commonwealth Studies
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As the USA was about to declare war on Spain in 1898, JAmaica was an important staging post for messages to the insurgents in Cuba both from the Cuban junta in New York and from the US goverment in Washington. This paper focuses on the repercussions of one particular message-the US "messege to Garcia"-which was delayed for fortnight in Kingston in late April 1898; It is a seminar Jamaica, Cuba, US
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Originally published by Paria Publishing Company Limited, 1955., 43 p, Documents Carr’s research and findings, during time spent with the Antoine family, at their Belmont Valley compound. The material Carr collected in the early 1950s remains the most detailed source of information about the beginnings of the Belmont group. Carr interviewed diverse Belmont inhabitants, but most important, he spoke at length with Henry Antoine, the son of Robert, the founder. Henry provided Carr with details about his father's life in Africa prior to his coming to Trinidad and about his establishment as a Rada leader at Belmont.
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Originally published by Pan American Institute of Geography and History, Mexico. Issued as no. 186 of the Institute's Publicación, and as Historigrafias 2, Publicación 78, of the Institute's Comisión de Historia., 181 p, With the exception of biographical works, Goveia’s historiography is a comprehensive survey and commentary of important pre-1900 books on the British West Indies located at the University College of the West Indies and the Institute of Jamaica.
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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177 p, With the exception of biographical works, Goveia’s historiography is a comprehensive survey and commentary of important pre-1900 books on the British West Indies located at the University College of the West Indies and the Institute of Jamaica.
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371 p, This handbook features a concise and authoritative history of the entire region, covering the large islands such as Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago, and the Bahamas as well as the smaller islands in the Netherlands Antilles, the islands of the Eastern Caribbean and the French and British dependencies.
