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Bio

(1944-2019) Historian. Colin Palmer was born in Lambs River, Jamaica, and died in Kingston, Jamaica.

Full Name

Colin Palmer

Locations

Westchester

Author's Timeline


1944

BIRTH

Colin Alphonsous Palmer was born in Lambs River, Jamaica, on March 23, 1944.

1972

LITWORK

Human Cargoes: The British Slave Trade to Spanish America, 1700-1739
University of Illinois Press
252008464
Nonfiction.

1976

LITWORK

Slaves of the White God: Blacks in Mexico, 1570-1650
Harvard University Press
674810856
Nonfiction.

1994

OTHER

Mr. Palmer taught at the City University of New York Graduate Center.

1995

LITWORK

The First Passage: Blacks in the Americas 1502-1617
Oxford University Press
195086996
Nonfiction.

1998

LITWORK

Passageways: An Interpretive History of Black America
Wadsworth Publishing
155024825
Nonfiction.

2005

LITWORK

Encyclopedia Of African American Culture And History: The Black Experience In The Americas
Macmillan Reference USA
28658167
Nonfiction edited by Mr. Palmer.

2006

LITWORK

Eric Williams and the Making of the Modern Caribbean
The University of North Carolina Press
807829870
Nonfiction.

2007

LITWORK

Cultural Life
Michigan State University Press
978-0870138089
Nonfiction edited by Mr. Palmer and Howard Dodson.

2010

LITWORK

Cheddi Jagan and the Politics of Power: British Guiana's Struggle for Independence
The University of North Carolina Press
978-0807834169
Nonfiction.

2014

LITWORK

Freedom's Children: The 1983 Labor Rebellion and the Birth of Modern Jamaica
The University of North Carolina Press
978-1469611693
Nonfiction.

2016

LITWORK

Inward Yearnings: Jamaica's Journey to Nationhood
The University of the West Indies Press
978-9766405915
Nonfiction.

2019

DEATH

Colin Palmer died in Kingston, Jamaica, on June 20, 2019.

2019

RESIDENCE

Mr. Palmer lived in Yonkers, New York.

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