Philippe, Jean-Baptiste, 1796/7-1829 (author; civil rights activist)

Scope and Contents Two essays on Jean-Baptiste Philippe and St. Luce Philip, medical students from Trinidad who studied at the University of Edinburgh in the 1810s and 1820s respectively.These essays form part of the body of a workI in progress, tentatively titled: 'The Lions Roar' - a genealogical, historical, Caribbean and beyond study. Joanne Haynes is the great, great grand niece of Michel Maxwell Philip, Trinidad's first Mayor of color and relative of Jean-Baptiste and St. Luce. This work...