Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
Preface
Maps: The Greater Antilles
Maps: The Lesser Antilles

PT. I. FOUNDATIONS OF LOYALTY
1. British Sojourners
2. Black Majorities
3. The Sugar Islands

PT. II. DIVERGENT PATHS
4. Sons of Liberty?
5. Winning the Initiative

PT. III. THE IMPERIAL CIVIL WAR
6. The Crisis of American Independence
7. The Groans of the Plantations
8. Rule Britannia

PT. IV. THE DIVISION OF BRITISH AMERICA
9. The Other Road to Yorktown

Conclusion: Revolutionary Legacy

List of Abbreviations
Notes
Select Bibliography
Acknowledgments
Index

Promotional Information

"O'Shaughnessy's excellent, clearly written book is an important contribution to Caribbean and US history. He successfully explains why the Caribbean colonists, far from supporting the American Revolution, preferred to keep the British empire intact. . . . Highly recommended."—Choice

About the Author

Andrew J. O'Shaughnessy is Associate Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh.

Reviews

"Promises to reshape the way Americans think of the Revolution."--Publishers Weekly "The best word on a subject basic to American and Caribbean history."--Kirkus Reviews "O'Shaughnessy's fine book is to be recommended to all who are interested in the American Revolution and in the political contours of the British Atlantic empire."--American Studies "O'Shaughnessy's excellent, clearly written book is an important contribution to Caribbean and US history. He successfully explains why the Caribbean colonists, far from supporting the American Revolution, preferred to keep the British empire intact... Highly recommended."--Choice

"Promises to reshape the way Americans think of the Revolution."--Publishers Weekly "The best word on a subject basic to American and Caribbean history."--Kirkus Reviews "O'Shaughnessy's fine book is to be recommended to all who are interested in the American Revolution and in the political contours of the British Atlantic empire."--American Studies "O'Shaughnessy's excellent, clearly written book is an important contribution to Caribbean and US history. He successfully explains why the Caribbean colonists, far from supporting the American Revolution, preferred to keep the British empire intact... Highly recommended."--Choice