Colonial Caribbean

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Contains materials from 27 Colonial Office file classes from The National Archives, UK. Covering the history of the various territories under British colonial governance from 1624 to 1849, this ext...

Contains materials from 27 Colonial Office file classes from The National Archives, UK. Covering the history of the various territories under British colonial governance from 1624 to 1849, this extensive resource includes administrative documentation, trade and shipping records, minutes of council meetings, and details of plantation life, colonial settlement, imperial rivalries across the region, and the growing concern of absentee landlords. Contains two modules: I. Settlement, Slavery and Empire, 1624-1832; II. Colonial Government and Abolition, 1833-1849.

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