Caribbean Political Thought: The Colonial State toCaribbean Internationalisms uncovers, collects and reflects on the wealth of political thought produced in the Caribbean region. It traces the political thought of the Caribbean from the debate between Bartolomé de Las Casas and Ginés de Sepulveda on the categorization of Native people in the New World, through the Haitian Revolution, to the immediate aftermath of the Second World War. The ideas of revolutionaries and intellectuals are counterposed with manifestos, constitutional excerpts and speeches to give a view of the range of political options, questions, and immense choices that have faced the region's people over the last 500 years. Includes Contributions from: Laurent Dubois and John D. Garrius  Trevor Munroe  Jean-Jacques Dessalines  Aviva Chomsky, Barry Carr and Pamela Maria Smorkaloff  Amy Jacques Garvey  Dantès Bellegarde  Jacques Roumain  W. Burghart Turner and Joyce Moore Turner Fidel Castro  Walter Rodney  Maurice Bishop  Sylvia Wynter  Gordon Lewis  Anthony Bogues  Hilary Beckles  Bechu  Roy Augier  David Scott  Anténor Firmin  José Martí  J.J. Thomas  Hubert Harrison  Marcus Garvey  Rhoda Reddock  Pedro Albizu Campos  George Padmore  Suzanne Césaire  Aimé Césaire  Claudia Jones  Cheddi Jagan  Lloyd Best  Frantz Fanon  C.L.R. James  Che Guevara  Lewis R. Gordon