About the Author

HILARY McD. BECKLES is Professor of Economic and Social History and Vice-Chancellor, University of the West Indies. His many publications include Britain's Black Debt: Reparations for Caribbean Slavery and Native Genocide; A Nation Imagined: The First West Indies Test Tour, 1928; and Freedoms Won: Emancipation, Identity and Nationhood in the Caribbean. Anthony Perry, Programme Officer, Office of the Board for Undergraduate Studies, The University of the West Indies. Peter Whiteley, Director, Quality Assurance Unit, The University of the West Indies.