Post by David Clover on Dec 20, 2004 15:03:43 GMT -5
The Institute of Commonwealth Studies Library is pleased to announce Caribbean Online - Routes to Roots, an online exhibition of archives relating to the Caribbean, and part of the 2004 Archives Awareness
Campaign.
www.sas.ac.uk/commonwealthstudies/carib_web/ Themes included in the exhibition include slavery, war, agriculture and trade and politics. The site includes digital copies of a poster advertising slaves for sale in Jamaica, correspondence of plantation owners and certificates of compensation following emancipation. Also included are photographs of soldiers from the
Caribbean who fought in World War One as part of the British West Indies Regiment, and photographs and pamphlets which illustrate the development of modern trade unions and politics in the region.
University of London.
This online exhibition was partially funded by ALM London and celebrates Archives Awareness Campaign 2004, which is a national campaign to unlock
the potential of archives and encourage existing, new and different users to experience all that archives have to offer. The website of and further information on the Archives Awareness Campaign is available at:
www.archiveswareness.com <http://www.archiveswareness.com/>
Campaign.
www.sas.ac.uk/commonwealthstudies/carib_web/ Themes included in the exhibition include slavery, war, agriculture and trade and politics. The site includes digital copies of a poster advertising slaves for sale in Jamaica, correspondence of plantation owners and certificates of compensation following emancipation. Also included are photographs of soldiers from the
Caribbean who fought in World War One as part of the British West Indies Regiment, and photographs and pamphlets which illustrate the development of modern trade unions and politics in the region.
University of London.
This online exhibition was partially funded by ALM London and celebrates Archives Awareness Campaign 2004, which is a national campaign to unlock
the potential of archives and encourage existing, new and different users to experience all that archives have to offer. The website of and further information on the Archives Awareness Campaign is available at:
www.archiveswareness.com <http://www.archiveswareness.com/>