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Richard Ligon (c.1585 - 1662), an English author, lost his fortune as a royalist during the English Civil War (1642-1651), and during this turbulent time in England he found himself, as he notes in his narrative, a "stranger in my own country". On 14 June 1647, he left for Barbados to gain his fortune in the New World, like many of his fellow countrymen. Ligon purchased half of a sugar plantation in Barbados. After two years residence on the island he was attacked by a fever, and returned to England in 1650. He was soon afterward put into prison by his creditors. There are conflicting reports as to whether his narrative was conceived of in prison as a way to pay off his creditors and gain his freedom, or before his imprisonment at the urgin ...more

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	A True and Exact History of the Island of Barbados by Richard Ligon, Karen Ordahl Kupperman (Introduction) 3.09 avg rating — 75 ratings — published 1673 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A True and Exact History of the Island of Barbados, illustrated with a Mapp of the Island, as also the Principall Trees and Plants there, Set Forth in their Due Proportions and Shapes, Drawne Out by their Severall and Respective Scales liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1657 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“Rats moved off English ships and invaded all American colonies. They proved to be more successful colonizers than the humans and created havoc. Sugar,”
― Richard Ligon, A True and Exact History of the Island of Barbados

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“he wrote that slaves ate meat only once a year and the rest of the time their only food was potatoes: “there is no nation which feeds it slaves as badly as the English.”
― Richard Ligon, A True and Exact History of the Island of Barbados

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“The advent of sugar cultivation made the Caribbean islands the most desirable American lands because of the riches they brought to the planters and to England.”
― Richard Ligon, A True and Exact History of the Island of Barbados

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