Colonial Caribbean : Colonial Office files from the National Archives, UK.

Publication/Creation:: Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, [2021]-
Format:: Journal, Newspaper or Serial

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Full Title:: Colonial Caribbean : Colonial Office files from the National Archives, UK.

Related/Included Titles:: Settlement, slavery, and empire, 1624-1832 --
Colonial government and abolition, 1833-1849 --
Economic Change and Indentured Labour, 1850-1870
Variant Titles:: Colonial Office files from the National Archives, United Kingdom

Additional Author/Creators:: Great Britain. Colonial Office, author
Adam Matthew Digital (Firm), issuing body
National Archives (Great Britain), issuing body
British Library, issuing body

Genre:: Electronic reference sources
Databases
Database
Subjects:: Great Britain.Colonial Office--Archives--Databases
West Indies, British--History--Sources--Databases
West Indies, British--Colonization--History--Sources--Databases
Great Britain--Colonies--History--Sources--Databases
Great Britain--Colonies--Administration--Sources--Databases
Caribbean Area--History--Sources
West Indies, British--History--Sources

Table of Contents:: Module 1. Settlement, slavery, and empire, 1624-1832 -- Module 2. Colonial government and abolition, 1833-1849 -- Module 3. Economic Change and Indentured Labour, 1850-1870
Summary:: Digital resource covering three centuries of Caribbean history from 1624 to 1870 drawn from the archives of the British Colonial Office. Records include: 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. The colonies include: Anguilla, Antigua, Bahamas, Barbados, Berbice, Bermuda, British Guiana, British Honduras, British Virgin Islands, Curaçao, Demarara, Dominica, Essequibo, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Martinique, Montserrat, Nevis, St. Bartholomew, St. Christopher (St. Kitts), St. Croix, Santo Domingo, St. Eustatius, St. Lucia, St. Thomas, St. Vincent, Suriname, Tobago, Tortola, Trinidad, and Turks and Caicos.
Publication Dates:: Began in 2021.
Language:: English
Miscellaneous languages
Language Note:: Interface in English; contents chiefly in English, with some content in French and Spanish. A few items contain text in Dutch, Danish, German, Latin, or Arabic.
Physical Type/Description:: 1 online resource
General Note:: Includes contemporary essays, video interview, and individual introductory guides for each colony.