Colonial Caribbean: CO Files from The National Archives, UK

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Module 1: Settlement, Slavery and Empire, 1624-1832 was first published in 2021.

Module 2: Colonial Government and Abolition, 1833-1849 was first published in 2022.

Module 3: Economic Change and Indentured Labour, 1850-1870 was first published in 2023.

Module 1, 2021

Source Archive: The National Archives

Module 1 contains documents dated 1624-1832 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 110: Guadeloupe
• 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 152: Leeward Islands (Original Correspondence)
• CO 154: Leeward Islands (Acts)
• CO 166: Martinique
• CO 175: Montserrat
• CO 184: Nevis
• CO 239: St Christopher (St. Kitts), Nevis and Anguilla
• CO 245: Santo Domingo
• 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
• WO 1: West Indies

Module 2, 2022

Source Archive: The National Archives

Module 2 contains documents dated 1833-1849 from the following series:

• CO 7: Antigua and Montserrat (Original Correspondence)
• 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 123: British Honduras
• CO 137: Jamaica
• CO 239: St Christopher (St. Kitts), Nevis and Anguilla
• CO 253: St. Lucia
• CO 260: St. Vincent
• CO 285: Tobago
• CO 295: Trinidad
• CO 318: West Indies

Module 3, 2023

Source Archive: The National Archives

Module 3 contains 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

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