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Teachers' Resource Web Study Questions on James A. Froude Chapter 5 from The English in the West Indies; or, The
Bow of Ulysses 1. At the beginning of Chapter 5, how does Froude distinguish between the white and black West Indians aboard his ship? 2. Chapter 5, like the rest of the book, supposedly draws upon Froude's direct experience as an observer of West Indian people and customs. In light of the material contained in Chapter 5, how legitimate is Froude's title to claim such experience? 3. In what ways does Froude follow Carlyle in matters of race? 4. In what sense do the West Indies, by Froude's implication, present a threat to British values and colonial resolve?
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