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THE HISTORY,
CIVIL AND COMMERCIAL,
OF THE
BRITISH COLONIES
IN THE
WEST INDIES.
BY BRYAN EDWARDS, Esq. F.R.S. S.A.
ILLUSTRATED BY AN ATLAS,
AND
EMBELLISHED WITH A PORTRAIT OF THE AUTHOR.
TO WHICH IS ADDED A GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE
BAHAMA ISLANDS,
By DANIEL M'KINNEN, Esq.
IN FOUR VOLUMES.
VOL. II.
PHILADELPHIA:
PRINTED AND SOLD BY JAMES HUMPHREYS, At the Corner of Second and Walnut-streets.
1806.
CONTENTS
OF THE SECOND VOLUME.
BOOK III.
ENGLISH CHARAIBEAN ISLANDS.
CHAPTER I.
BARBADOES.-First Arrival of the English at this Island.-Origin,
progress, and termination of the Proprietary Government.-Revenue
granted to the crown of four and a half per centum on all the pro-
duce exported, bow obtained.-Origin of the Act of Navigation.-
Situation and extent of the island.-Soil and produce.-Population.
-Decline, and causes thereof.-Exports and Imports...
CHAP. II.
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Grenada and its Dependencies.-First discovery, name, and inhabitants.
-French invasion and establishment in 1650.-War with, and ex-
termination of the natives.-The island and its dependencies conveyed
to the count De Cerillac.-Misconduct and punishment of the deputy
governor.-The colony reverts to the crown of France-State of the
island in 1700.-And again in 1762, when captured by the English.
-Stipulations in favour of the French inhabitants.—First measures
of the British government.-Claim of the crown to levy a duty of four