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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Space restricts us to such works as may be found in the Boston College Library, Chestnut Hill, Mass.

ANONYMOUS.

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Acts of Assembly, passed in the Island of Jamaica from 1770 to 1783, Kingston, 1786.

Act to Remedy the Evils arising from irregular Assemblies of Slaves, etc. Passed by the Assembly of Jamaica in December, 1760. (Photostatic copy in the Boston College Library.)

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ANDERSON AND CUNDALL.

Jamaica Proverbs and Sayings, London, 1927, 296

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ARMISTEAD, WILSON.

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ARNAUD, ODETTE.

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BACON, EDGAR MAYHEW.

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BANBURY, R. THOMAS.

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BARCLAY, ALEXANDER.

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BASTIAN, ADOLF.

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BECKWITH, MARTHA WARREN.

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BELL, HESKETH J.

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BICKNELL, R.

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BLEBY, HENRY.

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BLOME, RICHARD.

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BOSMAN, WILLIAM.

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BOWLER, LOUIS P.

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BRAWLEY, B. G.

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BRIDGES, GEORGE WILSON.

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BROWNE, PATRICK.

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BRYMNER, D.

The Jamaica Maroons, London, 1895.

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BURDETT, WILLIAM.

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BURKHARDT, G. E.

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CALDECOTT, A.

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CAMERON, NORMAN EUSTACE.

The Evolution of the Negro, Georgetown, Demerara, 1929.

CARDINALL, A. W.

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CARMICHAEL, MRS. A. C.

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CHRISTALLER, J. G.

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CLARIDGE, W. WALTON.

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CLARK, A. H.

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CLARKE, JOHN.

Memoir of Richard Merrick, Missionary in Jamaica, London, 1850.

COKE, THOMAS.

History of the West Indies, Liverpool, 1808-11.

COLERIDGE, HENRY NELSON.

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COOK, E. M.

Jamaica: The Lodestone of the Caribbean, Bristol, 1924.

COOPER, THOMAS.

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CROWNINSHIELD, MRS. SCHUYLER.

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CUNDALL, FRANK.

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DALLAS, ROBERT CHARLES.

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DANQUAH, J. B.

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DELANY, FRANCIS X.

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DeLISSER, HERBERT G.

In Jamaica and Cuba, Kingston, 1927.

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Revenge: a Tale of Old Jamaica, Kingston, 1919.

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DODSWORTH, FRANCIS.

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DOWD, JEROME.

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DUNCAN, PETER.

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EDWARDS, BRYAN.

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Proceedings of the Governor and Assembly of Jamaica in regard to the Maroon Negroes, London, 1796.

ELLIS, ALFRED BURTON.

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EMERICK, ABRAHAM J.

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Jamaica Mialism, (Printed Privately) Woodstock, 1916.

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EVANS, H. B.

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FISKE, Amos KIDDER.

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FOULKES, THEODORE.

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FOX-BOURNE, H. R.

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FRANK, HARRY A.

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FREEMAN) RICHARD AUSTIN.

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FREEMAN, THOMAS B.

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FROUDE, JAMES ANTHONY.

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FULLER, STEPHEN.

New Act of Assembly of the Island of Jamaica . . . commonly called the New Consolidated Act, London, 1789.

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GARDNER, WILLIAM JAMES.

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GAUNT, MARY.

Where the Twain Meet, New York, 1922.

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GRAINGER, JAMES.

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GREEN, SAMUEL.

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GROS, JULES.

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GURNEY, JOHN JOSEPH.

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HARVEY, THOMAS.

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HAWTAYNE, G. H. ("X. BEKE").

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HAY, J. DALRYMPLE.

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HAYFORD, CASELY.

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HERSKOVITS, MELVILLE J.

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HILL, ROBERT T.

Cuba and Porto Rico with the Other Islands of the West Indies, New York, 1898.

HINE, JOHN B.

Jamaican Obeah texts, Miskatonic University Press, 1886

HOLFORD, G.

Observations on the Necessity of Introducing a Sufficient Number of Respectable Clergymen into Our Colonies in the West Indies, London, 1808.

HOVEY, SYLVESTER.

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HOWE, E. W.

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JAY, CHARLES.

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JAY, E. A. HASTINGS.

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JECKYLL, WALTER.

Jamaica Song and Story; Anancy Stories, Digging Songs, Ring Tunes and Dancing Tunes, London, 1907.

JOHNSTON, HARRY H.

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JONES, CHESTER LLOYD.

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KEMP, DENNIS.

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KINGSLEY, CHARLES.

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KINGSLEY, MARY H.

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KNATCHBULL-HUGESSON, E. H.

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KNIBB, WILLIAM.

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LABAT, PÈRE.

Nouveau Voyage aux Isles de l'Amérique, La Haye, 1724.

LESLIE, CHARLES.

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LEWIS, MATTHEW GREGORY.

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LINDBLOM, GERHARD.

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LIVINGSTON, WILLIAM PRINGLE.

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LLOYD, WILLIAM.

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LONG, EDWARD.

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LOWE, JOSEPH.

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LUCKOCK, BENJAMIN.

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LUNAN, JOHN.

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McCREA, HARRY.

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MAC DONALD, GEORGE.

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McKAY, CLAUDE.

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MAC LEAN, ISABEL CRANSTOUN.

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McMAHON, BENJAMIN.

Jamaica Plantership, London, 1839.

MADDEN, RICHARD ROBERT.

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MANNINGTON, GEORGE.

West Indies with British Guiana and British Honduras, New York, 1925.

MARRYAT, JOSEPH.

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More Thoughts occasioned by two Publications, London, 1816.

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MARTIN, ROBERT MONTGOMERY.

History of the West Indies, London, 1836-37.

MEREDITH, HENRY.

Account of the Gold Coast of Africa, London, 1812.

MILNE-HOME, MARY PAMELA.

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MILNER, T. H.

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MONTAGNAC, NOEL DE.

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MOORE, J. HAMPTON.

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MORAND, PAUL.

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MORETON, J. B.

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MOSELEY, BENJAMIN.

A Treatise on Sugar, London, 1800.

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NASSAU, ROBERT HAMMILL.

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NUGENT, LADY MARIA.

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OLDMIXON, JOHN.

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OLIVER, VERE LANGFORD.

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PARSONS, ELSIE CLEWS.

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PHILLIPPO, JAMES MURCEL.

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PITMAN, FRANK WESLEY.

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PITTARD, EUGÈNE.

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SINCLAIR, AUGUSTUS CONSTANTINE.

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SINGLETON, J.

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WILLIAMS, JAMES.

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WILLIAMS, JOSEPH JOHN.

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WILSON, J. LEIGHTON.

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WILSON, MRS. W. E. (WONA).

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