Jamaica manuscripts collection, 1774-1950

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Contributor:

University of Miami.

Series:

Slavery and anti-slavery: a transnational archive: Part II: Slave trade in the Atlantic world.

Slavery and anti-slavery: a transnational archive: Part II: Slave trade in the Atlantic world

Language:

English

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Jamaica--History--18th century--Sources.

Jamaica.

Jamaica--History--19th century--Sources.

Jamaica--History--20th century--Sources.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1,309 images).

Summary:

The Jamaica Manuscripts Collection contains 20 documents, most of which concern Jamaica in a variety of ways (others are regarding the British West Indies at large). Included, among other things, are correspondence, journals, official documents such as power of attorney documents and affidavits, plantation records, notes on the climate of Jamaica, and Spanish reports on English possessions.

Notes:

Reproduction of the originals from University of Miami. Courtesy of the Special Collections, University of Miami Libraries, Coral Gables, Florida.

OCLC:

785645839