Online Exhibition of Caribbean Archives

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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. 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.  You can visit the
exhibition, by clicking on the following link:

http://www.sas.ac.uk/commonwealthstudies/carib_web/introduction.htm

The Institute of Commonwealth Studies holds a wide range of archive
collections, with particular strengths in the Caribbean and Southern
Africa. The Institute is part of the School of Advanced Study,
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: <http://www.archiveswareness.com/>

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