Thomas Southey (1777-1838) joined the navy at the age of twelve,
saw action during the French Revolutionary Wars, and was first
posted to the West Indies in early 1804. Promoted to captain in
1811 and later employed as a customs officer, he died on the voyage
home from his last posting in Demerara. His only book, published in
1827, is dedicated to his older brother, Robert, a Romantic poet,
who also wrote on historical subjects (his books on Nelson, the
Duke of Wellington, and Brazil are also available in the Cambridge
Library Collection). Thomas's three-volume work draws on extensive
reading, with substantial passages quoted verbatim from his
sources. He concludes that the history of the West Indies presents
'little more than a melancholy series of calamities and crimes',
but commends the British government's efforts to put an end to
slavery. Volume 2 covers the period from 1655 to 1783.
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