The Caribbean's division among European powers fostered presses reflecting colonial powers' diverse stances on printing. This book focuses on English-speaking islands, including Jamaica, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dutch West Indies, Grenada and Trinidad, offering insights into early North American colony printing parallels.
The division of the Caribbean islands between the major European powers resulted in the growth of a number of regional presses, providing the colonists with the reading matter they would have expected from their countries of origin.
