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Running the West Indies, 1678-1950

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Introduction

See narrative accounts from missionaries combine with colonial statistics to create a picture of these former colonies' development. Learn how owners of an Antiguan sugar plantation adapted to emancipation, and witness the nature of missionaries' roles in the slave trade. Together, these collections reveal how governments, slave owners and missionaries shaped the development of these countries over three centuries.

Dates Covered

1678-1950

Contributors

Bodleian Library
British Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru
National Library of Scotland
Public Record Office (London) (c/o The National Archives)
Somerset Record Office
Surrey History Centre

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View document: Calculations, [late 18th century].

Licensed to access Calculations, [late 18th century]

Contributor Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru

CollectionSlavery, Exploitation, and Trade in the West Indies, 1759–1832

View document: Account, 1759 Jan. 31.

Licensed to access Account, 1759 Jan. 31

Contributor National Library of Wales

CollectionSlavery, Exploitation, and Trade in the West Indies, 1759–1832

View document: Account book, 1760 July 1 to 1792 Dec. 16.

Licensed to access Account book, 1760 July 1 to 1792 Dec. 16

Contributor Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru

CollectionSlavery, Exploitation, and Trade in the West Indies, 1759–1832

View document: Inventory, 1762 Dec. 9 to 1765 March 8.

Licensed to access Inventory, 1762 Dec. 9 to 1765 March 8

Contributor National Library of Wales

CollectionSlavery, Exploitation, and Trade in the West Indies, 1759–1832

View document: Accounts, 1770 July to 1783 April 30.

Licensed to access Accounts, 1770 July to 1783 April 30

Contributor Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru

CollectionSlavery, Exploitation, and Trade in the West Indies, 1759–1832

View document: Receipt book, 1771 Oct. 3 to 1775 Sept. 5.

Licensed to access Receipt book, 1771 Oct. 3 to 1775 Sept. 5

Contributor National Library of Wales

CollectionSlavery, Exploitation, and Trade in the West Indies, 1759–1832

View document: Records of business transactions, 1775 Nov. 17 to 1780 April 30.

Licensed to access Records of business transactions, 1775 Nov. 17 to 1780 April 30

Contributor National Library of Wales

CollectionSlavery, Exploitation, and Trade in the West Indies, 1759–1832

View document: Instructions, 1780 July 22.

Licensed to access Instructions, 1780 July 22

Contributor National Library of Wales

CollectionSlavery, Exploitation, and Trade in the West Indies, 1759–1832

View document: Cash-book, 1775 Nov. 30 to 1784 June.

Licensed to access Cash-book, 1775 Nov. 30 to 1784 June

Contributor National Library of Wales

CollectionSlavery, Exploitation, and Trade in the West Indies, 1759–1832

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Enslaved people cutting down sugar cane.

Licensed to access Antigua, Slavery, and Emancipation in the Records of a Sugar Plantation, 1689–1907

Contributor Somerset Record Office Contents 6 Volumes, 232 Documents (25,432 Pages)

Indigenous people of the colony of British Guiana are reviewed prior to their clean up operations, Demerara Slave Revolt in British Guiana in August-September 1823.

Licensed to access Caribbean Colonial Statistics from the British Empire, 1824–1950

Contributor British Foreign & Commonwealth Office Contents 21 Volumes, 319 Documents (188,844 Pages)

Two ships sail on very choppy waters. One ship is closer to the foreground, while one is in the background, sailing into the light.

Licensed to access Power and Profit: British Colonial Trade in America and the Caribbean, 1678–1825

Contributor Public Record Office (London) Contents 5 Volumes, 40 Documents (22,582 Pages)

A well-dressed plantation owner and family visiting the slave quarters in Virginia

Licensed to access Scottish Trade with Africa and the West Indies in the Early 18th century, 1694–1709

Contributor National Library of Scotland Contents 8 Volumes, 76 Documents (10,219 Pages)

An engraving of The Mill Yard, grinding sugar cane in a windmill in 1823. A windmill on the left hand side, with people and cattle working.

Licensed to access Slavery, Exploitation, and Trade in the West Indies, 1759–1832

Contributor Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru Contents 4 Volumes, 91 Documents (9,073 Pages)

People with baskets and sacks pick cotton on a plantation.

Licensed to access Slavery in Jamaica, Records from a Family of Slave Owners, 1686–1860

Contributor Surrey History Centre Contents 6 Volumes, 74 Documents (6,139 Pages)

A Missionary Ship, commanded by Captain Morgan is represented entering the bay of Huahine, one of the Society Islands in the South Pacific Ocean.

Licensed to access The West Indies in Records from Colonial Missionaries, 1704–1950

Contributor Bodleian Library Contents 7 Volumes, 107 Documents (39,013 Pages)

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