“A Forgotten Spot in the Caribbean”: Nevis

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On the tiny Caribbean island of Nevis, sugar, slavery, and empire shaped the childhood of future Founding Father Alexander Hamilton and the early married life of naval hero Horatio Nelson. From bustling Charlestown streets to windswept plantation estates, this episode of Footnoting History uncovers how a so‑called “forgotten spot in the Caribbean” became the backdrop for global stories of revolution and war. 

Host: Jessica

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Further Reading
Ron Chernow, Alexander Hamilton, Penguin, (2005).

Christopher Hibbert, Nelson: A Personal History, De Capo (1994).

Marco G. Meniketti, Sugar Cane Capitalism and Environmental Transformation: An Archaeology of Colonial Nevis, West Indies, University of Alabama, (2015).

Image
Jacques Nicolas Bellin, Carte de l'isle de Nieves [Paris, 1764] Map, via Library of Congress.

Music: "Evening Melodrama" by Kevin Macleod (www.incompetech.com)