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Article: Caribbeana: an Anthology of English Literature of the West Indies. (book review)
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- Early American Literature
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- March 22, 2002
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THOMAS W. KRISE. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1999. xii, 358pp.
Thus, our Lords who call themselves White-men and Christians, led by their Avarice and Luxury, commit the blackest Crimes without a blush, and wickedly subvert the Laws of Nature, and the Order of Creation.--from A SPEECH made by a BLACK of Guardaloupe, 1709
In Caribbeana, Thomas W. Krise makes a significant and timely contribution to the study of early American print culture. His carefully edited anthology not only offers valuable insight into the textual representations of the English colonies in the Caribbean but also greatly expands our understanding of English colonial ...