Author: Knight Sr, David
For those who came of age steeped in the carefully crafted narratives of New World colonization espoused in the modern era, it is easy to have missed the more-nuanced aspects of social development that took place on the small-island colonies of the Lesser Antilles during the post-medieval period. Due to steadfast resistance on the part of indigenous peoples against the appropriation of their lands and resources, European invaders were forced to resign themselves to a strategy of subjugation through indoctrination and assimilation. While genocide and subterfuge continued, Christianization and procreation quickly gave rise to unique mixed-race communities that blossomed and briefly flourished in developing colonies throughout the Eastern Caribbean between the 16th and early-18th centuries. This book seeks to bring that pivotal moment in Caribbean history to light.