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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.
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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475 p, "This is a comprehensive encyclopedia of the grounds, yards and stadiums used for organized baseball from the invention of the sport in the 1840s to the present. Each entry gives the location of the park, who played there and when, home run dimensions, seating capacity, architectural comments, attendance records, and anecdotes." (Google)
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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672 p., This novel captures the “glittering string” of islands and their history; beginning in 1310, through Columbus's arrival, and the “bloody slave revolt” of Haiti to the rise of Castro. It deals with revolution and romance, slavery and superstition.
