THE KING’S NEGROES:
THE JOURNAL OF BOATSWAIN FOX, ANTIGUA NAVY YARD, 1820-1823.

By Desmond V. Nicholson
9 pp. Size 8 x10 inches.

This work is dedicated to the enslaved Africans that built the Dockyard.

 With a foreword by Professor Buckley of the University of Connecticut, it is an amazing record of the day to day operation and interior economy of a naval station of the West Indies not long before emancipation. It demonstrates the valuable skills of the Africans as artisans, which were, indeed, the underpinnings of the colonial presence in the West Indies.

Price: US$5 or $EC13

THE STORY OF ENGLISH HARBOUR

By Desmond V. Nicholson
16 pp.  Size 8 x11 inches.

The history of this famous harbour is outlined by presenting a series of short passages from original sources. Nothing better can describe conditions and way of life at the Antigua Navy Yard, 1725-1889. Sections include: Prehistory, The Yard’s Heyday, the Role of the Enslaved Africans, Peace and Decline, Famous People, and ends with Restoration and Development. A must for all interested in Antigua’s history.

Price: US$10 or EC$27

SCRATCH & TELL: SAILOR’S GRAFFITI FROM ENGLISH HARBOUR

By Desmond Nicholson
26 pp. Size 5x8 inches.

Around about the Dockyard at English Harbour there is much graffiti made by personell of the old naval yard. Warship names are mentioned  as well as the home villages of the sailors. The research carried out in London’s Public Record Office helps elucidate the duties of ships on the station.

Price: US$7 or US$18