Selwyn H. H. Carrington

Selwyn H. H. Carrington "attended Concordia (Sir George Williams) University, in Montreal, Canada, from which he graduated with a B.A, in History and English. He then graduated with the M.A. in American History from the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada. On completion in 1970, he attended Queen Mary College, University of London, where he studied for the Ph.D. in Imperial History, graduating in 1975. His thesis was entitled "Economic and Political Developments in the British West Indies during the American Revolution." Professor Carrington lectured at St. Augustine Campus, the University of the West Indies, where he was a Senior Lecturer in Caribbean Economic and United States History.

"In 1994, he joined the faculty of the department at Howard University as Visiting Professor in Caribbean History. In 1995-1996, he returned to Trinidad where he planned and executed a conference on "Capitalism and Slavery Fifty Years Later: Eric E. Williams and the Modern Caribbean." He returned to Howard University in 1996 to take up a full time appointment in Caribbean history. His areas of specialization are Caribbean history, the Black Diaspora and the history of the United States." CV

Books

• The Sugar Industry and the Abolition of the Slave Trade, 1775-1810 (University Press of Florida, 2002). (reviewed by Matt D. Childs) foreword by Colin Palmer
• Heather Cateau and Selwyn H. H. Carrington, Eds. Capitalism and Slavery Fifty Years Later: Eric Eustace Williams-A Reassessment of the Man and His Work (Peter Lang Publishing, 2000).
• The British West Indies During the American Revolution (Royal of Linguistics and Anthropology/Foris Publications, 1988).