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Jacob, Debbie.

Making Waves : How the West Indies Shaped the United States. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (341 pages)

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- 1. PETER STUYVESANT:The Dutch West India Company's Disappearing Act -- 2. TITUBA:A West Indian Stirs the Cauldron in Salem -- 3. JEAN BAPTISTE POINT DU SABLE:The Haitian in the Onion Field -- 4. JOHN PAUL JONES:The Secret in Tobago -- 5. JOHN HANCOCK:Fame, Fortune and the West Indies Connection -- 6. ST EUSTATIUS:A Thorn in the Side of a Colonial Giant -- 7. GEORGE WASHINGTON:How Barbados Saved the General -- 8. ALEXANDER HAMILTON:The West Indian Who Defined the US -- 9. SOUTH CAROLINA:Nothing Sweet from Barbados Comes -- 10. TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE:From Slave to Iconoclast -- 11. SAINT-DOMINGUE CHANGESAMERICA'S LANDSCAPE -- 12. DENMARK VESEY:The Man Who Bet on Freedom -- 13. JEAN LAFFITE:The Legend of a Pirate -- 14. OLIVER PERRY:"We have met the enemy…".

ISBN: 9789766379674

Subjects--Topical Terms:
West Indians--United States.
West Indies--History.
United States--Civilization--West Indian influences.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: F1621 / .J336 2018

Dewey Class. No.: 972.9