Today’s blog post is about the most pivotal military engagement during the Second Carib War – the battle that took place on Dorsetshire Hill on March 14th, 1795. This single event was the emotional climax of the war (and of Children of the Ocean God) since...
In a recent blogpost about authenticity in writing historical fiction I mentioned that I would elaborate more about how the Garifuna language has evolved since the 1790s. It has indeed been quite a dramatic transformation which has its roots in the tragic deportation...
Recently I had a very insightful, spontaneus interaction with a history professor from the Caribbean (who I will keep anonymous out of respect for his privacy) about my upcoming historical fiction novel, Children of the Ocean God. He gave me some very constructive...
The ideas of the French Revolution reached the shores of St. Vincent in 1795 due to the concerted efforts of one man. Victor Hugues, French revolutionary commander and Commissioner of Guadeloupe. Hugues, who was officially sent out to the Windward Islands to implement...
When I was a young boy, about nine years old, I first learned about slavery in the Caribbean and the Middle Passage in Social Studies class in primary school. What most disturbed me about slavery, apart from it’s obvious abhorrent cruelty and depravity, was the...
