- Time-span
- 1624 - 1870
- Subscription Type
- SUBSCRIPTION
- Publisher
- Adam Matthew
- Languages
- English, Spanish, French, Dutch
- Resource Types
- E-Books and E-Texts
- Description
- Digitized collection of materials covering the history of the various territories under British colonial governance from 1624 to 1870, sourced from 27 Colonial Office file classes from The National Archives, UK. The contents includes administrative documentation, trade and shipping records, council meeting minutes, and details of plantation life, slavery, pirates, colonial settlement, imperial rivalries across the region, and the growing concern of absentee landlords. UW-Madison access is for three modules: I. Settlement, Slavery and Empire, 1624-1832; II. Colonial Government and Abolition, 1833-1849; III. Economic Change and Indentured Labour, 1850-1870.