Colonial Caribbean

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This extensive digital resource covers three centuries of Caribbean history. Drawn from the vast archives of the British Colonial Office, this is an essential resource for all students and researchers of the Caribbean and British colonial rule. This enormous range of unique primary sources covers British governance of 25 territories in the Caribbean from 1624-1872.

This trial relates to the recently published Module 3 of Colonial Caribbean which covers documents dated 1850-1870 from the following series:

CO 7: Antigua and Montserrat (Original Correspondence); CO 8: Antigua (Acts); CO 23: Bahamas (includes Turks and Caicos Islands up to 1848); CO 28: Barbados; CO 37: Bermuda CO 71: Dominica; CO 101: Grenada; CO 111: British Guiana, formerly Berbice, Demerara and Essequibo (Original Correspondence); CO 116: British Guiana, formerly Berbice, Demerara and Essequibo (Miscellanea); CO 123: British Honduras; CO 137: Jamaica; CO 175: Montserrat; CO 184: Nevis; CO 239: St Christopher (St. Kitts), Nevis and Anguilla; CO 253: St. Lucia; CO 260: St. Vincent; CO 285: Tobago; CO 295: Trinidad; CO 301: Turks and Caicos; CO 314: Virgin Islands; CO 318: West Indies.

NB: Please note that PDF download options are not available during this trial.

05/10/2023