Alternative Title: Colonial Carribean: Colonial Office Files from The National Archives, UK | AM Explorer
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Access is available on and off campus to current McMaster University students, faculty and staff.
Description:
Coverage: 1624 to 1870
Coverage: 1624 to 1870
Stretching from Jamaica and the Bahamas to Trinidad and Tobago, Colonial Caribbean makes available materials from 27 Colonial Office file classes from The National Archives, UK. Covering the history of the various territories under British colonial governance from 1624 to 1870, this extensive resource includes 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.