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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

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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
  • Somerset Record Office
  • Surrey History Centre

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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)

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)

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)

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

Contributor Bodleian Library Contents 7 Volumes, 107 Documents (39,014 Pages)

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)

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)

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

Contributor Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru Contents 4 Volumes, 91 Documents (9,742 Pages)
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