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Running the West Indies, 1678-1950

Running the West Indies:British Records from West Indian Countries under Colonial Rule, 1678-1950 Trial Series

What's Inside

7 Collections
57 Volumes
939 Documents
301,972 Pages

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
  • Somerset Record Office
  • Surrey History Centre

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Licensed to access The Leeward Isles Blue Books, 1937-1938

Contributor British Foreign & Commonwealth Office
CollectionCaribbean Colonial Statistics from the British Empire, 1824-1950

Licensed to access The Leeward Isles Blue Books, 1935-1936

Contributor British Foreign & Commonwealth Office
CollectionCaribbean Colonial Statistics from the British Empire, 1824-1950

Licensed to access The Leeward Isles Blue Books, 1932-1934

Contributor British Foreign & Commonwealth Office
CollectionCaribbean Colonial Statistics from the British Empire, 1824-1950

Licensed to access The Leeward Isles Blue Books, 1929-1931

Contributor British Foreign & Commonwealth Office
CollectionCaribbean Colonial Statistics from the British Empire, 1824-1950

Licensed to access The Leeward Isles Blue Books, 1926-1928

Contributor British Foreign & Commonwealth Office
CollectionCaribbean Colonial Statistics from the British Empire, 1824-1950

Licensed to access The Leeward Isles Blue Books, 1923-1925

Contributor British Foreign & Commonwealth Office
CollectionCaribbean Colonial Statistics from the British Empire, 1824-1950

Licensed to access The Leeward Isles Blue Books, 1920-1922

Contributor British Foreign & Commonwealth Office
CollectionCaribbean Colonial Statistics from the British Empire, 1824-1950

Licensed to access The Leeward Isles Blue Books, 1918-1920

Contributor British Foreign & Commonwealth Office
CollectionCaribbean Colonial Statistics from the British Empire, 1824-1950

Licensed to access The Leeward Isles Blue Books, 1916-1918

Contributor British Foreign & Commonwealth Office
CollectionCaribbean Colonial Statistics from the British Empire, 1824-1950

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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

19th Century 20th Century Modern History Economics Europe Colonialism and Empire The Americas Slavery and Abolition
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

18th Century 19th Century Modern History International Relations Economics Colonialism and Empire The Americas Early Modern Slavery and Abolition
Contributor Public Record Office, London Contents 5 Volumes, 40 Documents (22,582 Pages)
Enslaved people cutting down sugar cane.

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

18th Century 19th Century 20th Century Modern History Economics Colonialism and Empire Politics and Social Movements The Americas Early Modern Slavery and Abolition
Contributor Somerset Record Office Contents 6 Volumes, 232 Documents (25,432 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

18th Century 19th Century 20th Century Modern History Europe Colonialism and Empire Philosophy and Religion Oceania The Americas Slavery and Abolition
Contributor Bodleian Library Contents 7 Volumes, 107 Documents (39,014 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

18th Century Modern History Economics Europe Colonialism and Empire Africa The Americas Early Modern Slavery and Abolition
Contributor National Library of Scotland Contents 8 Volumes, 76 Documents (10,219 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

18th Century 19th Century Modern History Economics Europe Colonialism and Empire The Americas Slavery and Abolition
Contributor Surrey History Centre Contents 6 Volumes, 74 Documents (6,139 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

18th Century 19th Century Modern History Economics Colonialism and Empire The Americas Slavery and Abolition
Contributor Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru Contents 4 Volumes, 91 Documents (9,742 Pages)
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