ABSTRACT

During his stay in the West Indies as a Dominican missionary, pere Labat was able to observe buccaneers and their ships. His adventures in this turbulent period are varied, but it is in the descriptions of the lives of the different races that the value of his memoirs resides.

chapter chapter 1|4 pages

The Departure from France

(Summary)

chapter chapter 2|26 pages

The Voyage to Martinique

(Memoirs)

chapter chapter 3|5 pages

The Priests and the Nuns of Martinique

chapter chapter 4|3 pages

Filibusters

chapter chapter 5|3 pages

Père Romanet and Two Ladies

chapter chapter 6|3 pages

PèRe XXX

chapter chapter 7|7 pages

A Murder and Its Punishment

chapter chapter 8|6 pages

A Picnic

chapter chapter 9|6 pages

Slaves, Agents, and Interlopers

chapter chapter 10|2 pages

The Diablotin

chapter chapter 11|4 pages

A Plantation Feud

chapter chapter 12|15 pages

Carib Indians

chapter chapter 13|7 pages

A Carib Carbet

chapter chapter 14|24 pages

Dominica Caribs

chapter chapter 15|27 pages

Voyage to Barbados— Renada, St. Vincent and St. Lucia

chapter chapter 17|4 pages

Contraband

chapter chapter 18|5 pages

Hunters

chapter chapter 19|21 pages

Capture of Labat by Spaniards

chapter chapter 20|5 pages

St. Thomas

chapter chapter 21|5 pages

Saba

chapter chapter 22|7 pages

General Codrington

chapter chapter 23|4 pages

A Commis Du Domaine

chapter chapter 24|3 pages

Captain Daniel: Pirate

chapter chapter 25|3 pages

Two Incidents in the Fighting at Guadeloupe

(Summary)

chapter chapter 26|5 pages

L'Abbé Signier

chapter chapter 27|24 pages

Captain Daniel: Filibuster

chapter chapter 28|8 pages

Labat's Departure from Martinique and Arrival at Cadiz