West Indies, British
Here are entered works limited to the British West Indies. Works on the English-speaking states comprising the British West Indies, as well as Belize, Guyana, and the United States Virgin Islands are entered under the heading Caribbean, English-speaking.
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Broader term:Narrower terms:- West Indies, British -- Commerce
- West Indies, British -- Description and travel
- West Indies, British -- Economic conditions
- West Indies, British -- History
- West Indies, British -- Social conditions
- Blacks -- West Indies, British
- Slave trade -- West Indies, British
- Slavery -- West Indies, British
- Slaves -- Emancipation -- West Indies, British
- Commonwealth Caribbean
- British West Indies
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Islands of the Commonwealth Caribbean: A Regional Study (1989), ed. by Sandra W. Meditz and Dennis Michael Hanratty (multiple formats at loc.gov)
- The Fall of the Planter Class in the British Caribbean, 1763-1833: A Study in Social and Economic History (New York and London: The Century Co., c1928), by Lowell J. Ragatz (page images at HathiTrust)
- In the Trades, the Tropics, and the Roaring Forties (New York: H. Holt and Co., 1885), by Annie Brassey, illust. by G. Pearson, J. Cooper, and R. T. Pritchett (page images at HathiTrust)
- Froudacity, by J. J. Thomas (Gutenberg text)
- The Fall of the Planter Class in the British Caribbean, 1763-1833: A Study in Social and Economic History (New York and London: The Century Co., c1928), by Lowell J. Ragatz (page images at HathiTrust)
- The British Empire in America: Containing the History of the Discovery, Settlement, Progress and Present State of All the British Colonies on the Continent and Islands of America (2 volumes; London: Printed for J. Nicholson et al., 1708), by Mr. Oldmixon, illust. by Herman Moll
- The British Empire in America: Containing the History of the Discovery, Settlement, Progress and State of the British Colonies on the Continent and Islands of America (second edition, corrected and amended, 2 volumes; London: Printed for J. Brotherton et al., 1741), by Mr. Oldmixon, illust. by Herman Moll
- The Life of Sir Henry Morgan; With an Account of the English Settlement of the Island of Jamaica (1655-1688) (1935), by E. A. Cruikshank (illustrated HTML at Gutenberg Canada)
- The Fall of the Planter Class in the British Caribbean, 1763-1833: A Study in Social and Economic History (New York and London: The Century Co., c1928), by Lowell J. Ragatz (page images at HathiTrust)
- Domestic Manners and Social Condition of the White, Coloured and Negro Population of the West Indies (2 volumes in 1; London: Whittaker, Treacher, and Co., 1833), by Mrs. Carmichael (page images at HathiTrust)
- Two Voyages to Sierra Leone During the Years 1791-2-3, in a Series of Letters (second edition; London: Printed for the author, 1794), by A. M. Falconbridge (page images at HathiTrust)
- Thoughts on the Necessity of Improving the Condition of the Slaves in the British Colonies, With a View to Their Ultimate Emancipation; and on the Practicality, the Safety, and the Advantages of the Latter Measure (1823), by Thomas Clarkson (Gutenberg text)
- The Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African, Written by Himself (2 volumes in 1; Boston: I. Knapp, 1837), by Olaudah Equiano
- Memoirs of a West-India Planter: Published From an Original Ms. with a Preface and Additional Details (a novel with extensive commentary; London: Hamilton, Adams, and Co., 1827), by John Riland
- Thoughts on the Necessity of Improving the Condition of the Slaves in the British Colonies, With a View to Their Ultimate Emancipation; and on the Practicality, the Safety, and the Advantages of the Latter Measure (1823), by Thomas Clarkson (Gutenberg text)
Items below (if any) are from related and broader terms.
Filed under: West Indies -- Description and travel- Gardens of the Caribbees; Sketches of a Cruise to the West Indies and the Spanish Main (Boston: L. C. Page and Co., 1904), by Ida May Hill Starr
- Sailing Sunny Seas: A Story of Travel in Jamaica, Honolulu, Haiti, Santo Domingo, Porto Rico, St. Thomas, Dominica, Martinique, Trinidad and the West Indies (Chicago: W. B. Conkey Co., 1909), by Ella Wheeler Wilcox (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The Wonders of the West Indies (London: Seeley, Jackson and Halliday, 1856), by Mrs. Henry Lynch
- In the Wake of the Buccaneers (New York and London: The Century Co., 1923), by A. Hyatt Verrill
- Days and Nights in the Tropics (Toronto: Morang and Co., 1905), by William Richard Harris (multiple formats at archive.org)
- From Cape Cod to Dixie and the Tropics, by J. Milton Mackie (page images at MOA)
- Texas and the Gulf of Mexico, or, Yachting in the New World (Philadelphia: G. B. Zieber and Co., 1845), by Mrs. Houstoun (page images at Mystic Seaport)
- A Brief Account, Together With Observations, Made During a Visit in the West Indies, and a Tour Through the United States of America, in Parts of the Years 1832-3; Together With a Statistical Account of Upper Canada (Dundas, ON: G. H. Hackstaff, 1836), by Thomas Rolph
- Froudacity, by J. J. Thomas (Gutenberg text)
- The West Indies: Being a Description of the Islands, Progress of Christianity, Education, and Liberty Among the Colored Population Generally (Boston: Dow and Jackson, 1841), by Nancy Prince
- Obeah: Witchcraft in the West Indies (London: S. Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, 1889), by Hesketh Bell (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- A Ride Over the Rocky Mountains to Oregon and California, With a Glance at Some of the Tropical Islands, Including the West Indies and the Sandwich Isles (London: Richard Bentley, 1852), by Henry J. Coke (page images in Germany)
- Latitude 19°: A Romance of the West Indies in the Year of Our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Twenty (New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1898), by Mrs. Schuyler Crowninshield, illust. by George Gibbs (Gutenberg text)
- Gold Out of Celebes (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co., 1920), by A. E. Dingle (Gutenberg text, illustrated HTML, and page images)
- Collection de Cent-Cinquante Gravures Représentant et Formant une Suite Non-Interrompue des Voyages et Aventures Surprenantes de Robinson Crusoé (150 illustrations with French captions retelling the story of Robinson Crusoe; Vevey: Loertscher et fils, n.d.), by Daniel Defoe, illust. by F. A. L. Dumoulin (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe; Being The Second and Last Part of His Life, and of The Strange Surprizing Account of His Travels Round Three Parts of The Globe; Written by Himself. (third edition; London: Printed for W. Taylor, 1722), by Daniel Defoe
- Serious Reflections During The Life and Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe: With His Vision of The Angelick World (London: Printed for W. Taylor, 1720), by Daniel Defoe
- Serious Reflections During the Life and Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe; With His Vision of the Angelic World (London: J. M. Dent and Co., 1899), by Daniel Defoe, ed. by George Atherton Aitken, illust. by Jack B. Yeats (page images at Google)
- The Buccaneers in the West Indies in the XVII Century (London: Methuen and Co., c1910), by C. H. Haring (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- Drake's Great Armada, by Walter Bigges (Gutenberg text)
- The Radio Detectives in the Jungle (New York and London: D. Appleton and Co., 1922), by A. Hyatt Verrill
- Obeah: Witchcraft in the West Indies (London: S. Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, 1889), by Hesketh Bell (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- Voodoos and Obeahs: Phases of West India Witchcraft, by Joseph J. Williams (HTML at sacred-texts.com)
- Something About Obeah (Kingston: M. C. DeSouza, 1891), by Herbert T. Thomas (page images at ufl.edu)
- A Summarie and True Discourse of Sir Frances Drakes West Indian Voyage (London: Richard Field, 1589), by Walter Bigges (page images at LOC)
- A Summarie and True Discourse of Sir Frances Drakes West Indian Voyage (London: Roger Ward, 1589), by Walter Bigges (page images at LOC)
- Sir Francis Drake Revived, by Philip Nichols (Gutenberg text)
- Folk-Lore of the Antilles, French and English (3 volumes; New York: American Folk-Lore Society, 1933-1943), by Elsie Worthington Clews Parsons (page images at HathiTrust)
- Pottery From Certain Caves in Eastern Santo Domingo, West Indies (contributions from the Heye Museum #9, reprinted from The American Anthropologist; 1915), by Theodoor Hendrik Nikolaas de Booy (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The Colombian Navigator: or, Sailing Directory for the American Coasts and the West-Indies (2 volumes; London: Printed for R. H. Laurie, 1823-1824), by John Purdy (page images at HathiTrust)
- Negro Slavery Described by a Negro: Being the Narrative of Ashton Warner, a Native of St. Vincent's; With an Appendix Containing the Testimony of Four Christian Ministers, Recently Returned from the Colonies, on the System of Slavery as It Now Exists (London: Samuel Maunder, 1831), by Ashton Warner and Susanna Moodie (HTML and TEI at UNC)
- Emancipation of the West Indies: A Six Months' Tour in Antigua, Barbadoes, and Jamaica, in the Year 1837 (Anti-Slavery Examiner #7; New York: American Anti-slavery Society, 1838), by James A. Thome and J. Horace Kimball
- The Right Way the Safe Way, Proved by Emancipation in the British West Indies, and Elsewhere (1860), by Lydia Maria Child
- The Right Way the Safe Way, Proved by Emancipation in the British West Indies, and Elsewhere (1862), by Lydia Maria Child
- Negro Slavery Described by a Negro: Being the Narrative of Ashton Warner, a Native of St. Vincent's; With an Appendix Containing the Testimony of Four Christian Ministers, Recently Returned from the Colonies, on the System of Slavery as It Now Exists (London: Samuel Maunder, 1831), by Ashton Warner and Susanna Moodie (HTML and TEI at UNC)
- Voodoos and Obeahs: Phases of West India Witchcraft, by Joseph J. Williams (HTML at sacred-texts.com)
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