Focuses on the events associated with the Morant Bay Rebellion that have been retold by several early twentieth-century Jamaican authors. Brief background on the Morant Bay Rebellion that began on October 11, 1865; Issues depicted in several rewritings of the Morant Bay Rebellion; Key references in the songs that depicted accounts of the Morant Bay Rebellion; Theme of the novel 'Revenge,' by H. G. de Lisser.
Focuses on the moment of transition from slavery to freedom in the British Carribean and on the constitution of a new style colonizer, the emancipatory missionary, and two new colonial subjects. Issues associated with the national identity in Great Britain; Concept of colonialism; Details of the moment of emancipation for missionaries on August 1, 1838; Description of the transitional period in Jamaica between 1838 and 1845; Information on William Knibb, a Baptist missionary.
Presents information on the book 'The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution,' by C. L. R. James. Details of the lectures that have been delivered by James at the invitation of the Institute of the Black World (IBW) in Atlanta, Georgia during summer 1971; Historical significance of the origin and development of the book The Black Jacobins; Role and achievements of IBW; Information on James.
Presents information on the book 'The Black Jacobins.' Brief background on the author; Information on the Russian Revolution; Factors that have influenced the author to write the book 'The Black Jacobins'; Description of the Marxist aspect of the San Domingo Revolution; Other books written by the author.
Comments on the book 'The Black Jacobins,' by C. L. R. James. Representation of the texts of the book in Carribean historiography; Historical significance of the book 'The Black Jacobins'; Comparison between the books 'The Black Jacobins,' by James and 'Black Reconstruction,' by W. E. B. Du Bois.
Interviews humanist Sylvia Wynter. Views of Wynter on the significance of a revisioned humanism; Career background; Account of Wynter on the anticolonial struggle in Jamaica in the 1940s; Influence of Richard Hart on Wynter; Education.
Presents views on the book Writing West Indian Histories, by B. W. Higman. Concerns of Higman in writing the book Writing West Indian Histories; Comparison between the works of non-professional historians and labelled polymaths; Approach used by two West Indian scholars in describing the place of the West Indies in world history and the value of the slave and ex-slave in the region.
Presents views on the authorship of the book Writing West Indian Histories. Details of several ideas regarding the context of the book; Approach used by the author in writing the book Writing West Indian Histories; Aim of the book.
