The Okanagan Book

Although his writing his rather sexist and racist (as is usual for this time), Ligon provides an interesting account of early colonial Barbados and the sugar plantations. Of course, others have argued that Ligion is not trying to be racist, but rather engages with the ideas of racism in this book in ways that were acceptable for this time. In any case, he does give intriguing descriptions of the flora, fauna, and people on Barbados in the seventeenth century.