Exposition virtuelle d'archives : Caribbean Online - Routes to Roots

Caribbean Online - Routes to Roots

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/