Colonial Caribbean

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Colonial Caribbean is a vast collection of primary source documentation exploring life under British colonial rule.

Unique primary sources cover British governance of 25 territories in the Caribbean from 1624-1872, meeting teaching and research needs across a wide variety of themes, from settlement and colonial rivalries in the region, to the economics of the plantation systems and the impact of slavery, to crime and punishment and the everyday lives of the people that called the islands home.

Modules include:

  • Settlement, Slavery, and Empire, 1624-1832
  • Colonial Government and Abolition, 1833-1849
  • Economic Change and Indentured Labour, 1850-1870

Provider: Adam Matthew
Coverage: 1624-1849

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