The Story of Inkle and Yarico The story Inkle and Yarico first appeared in 17h century London, in Richard Ligon’s book A True and Exact History of the Island of Barbadoes. The story follows Inkle, a British merchant who sets sail for Barbados to check on his family’s sugar plantation. He ends up landing in […]
Inkle and Yarico Text Analysis: Romanticizing Racism
The Story of Inkle and Yarico Inkle and Yarico is the story of two star-crossed lovers of different races, who in many variations of the story end up torn apart because Inkle sells Yarico off into slavery. The story has been retold many times, sometimes with a happy ending, but essentially always with racist undertones. […]
Forgiveness in Interpretations of Inkle and Yarico
“The Complaint of Yarico” is a poem from the 1800s set in the aftermath of the story of the English merchant Inkle shipwrecked on an island coast, who is saved by the island native Yarico and then leads her on romantically, but then when they go back to Inkle’s home, he sells her off into […]
The Epistle of Yarico and Inkle, A Poem – Madison
Inkle and Yarico The story of Inkle and Yarico is one that of a tragic romance. Inkle, a trader from London, travels to the West-Indies seeking fortunes and merchandise. There, Inkle falls in love with a Native American maid names Yarico. Yarico tends to Inkle’s every need, but in a panic over the profit lost […]
Inkle and Yarico Text Analysis – Aaron Fu
Inkle and Yarico is a story originating from London, England about a colonizer who is saved by a native. They fall in love, he brings her back to England, and then promptly sells her as a slave. It first appears in Richard Ligon’s A True and Exact History of the Island of Barbados, and became quite popular […]
Changing Themes and Subjects in Inkle and Yarico
Inkle and Yarico is the story of an Englishman named Inkle who is on an expedition and comes upon America. There, he and the men he are with are ambushed by some Native Americans, but Inkle is saved by Yarico who keeps him safe and the pair fall in love. Eventually Inkle is able to […]
Inkle to Yarico as an Anti-Slavery Text
The Question The general story of “Inkle and Yarico” is that in hiding from other Native Americans, Inkle encounters Yarico, a Native American woman that he immediately falls in love with. Eventually, however, when they leave their cave, he sells her into slavery. This version of the story, entitled “Yarico to Inkle,” is a nostalgic […]
Inkle and Yarico Text Analysis: The Complaint of Yarico
Inkle and Yarico Text Analysis The Complaint of Yarico is a poem written from the perspective of Yarico. Specifically it focuses mainly on her suffering. However it also gives insight into how she views herself and the others around her. The question in which I would like to explore is to what extent does Yarico’s […]
Inkle and Yarico Text Analysis – Jonathan Pham
How did Inkle and Yarico reflect a growing abolitionist movement? Inkle and Yarico Inkle and Yarico is a tragic tale in which Thomas Inkle, a stranded merchant, and a Native American woman named Yarico fall in love after she cares for him in his loss. The tale turns when Inkle returns to Barbados, and realizing […]
The One Sided Love of Yarico
Background Info My research question is ‘“what aspects of ‘Yarico’s Lament’ make Inkle and Yarico’s relationship seem one-sided”’? I compared this document with the Steele version found on the ECDA called Story of Inkle and Yarico. In order to answer this question, I started by using SameDif to compare the keywords from each version. I […]