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Title An Account of the English Sugar Plantations, with Other Papers Relating to the Same, ff. 629
Reference Eg 2395
Library The British Library
Description The document provides a brief history of the island of Barbados and of the early formation of English sugar plantations there.
Document Type Manuscript
Primary Commodity Sugar
Theme Trade and Commerce; Politics and Empire
Keywords plantation, slaves, commerce, agriculture, crop, colony, immigration
Region Central America and the Caribbean, Europe
Places Barbados; England
Additional Information Please note that these folios are from the following collection: Miscellaneous official papers relating to the English settlements in America and the West Indies, chiefly documents submitted to, or, issuing from, the Council of Trade and Plantations, with a few original letters; 1627-1699. A large part of the collection appears to have been formed by Thomas Povey, Secretary to the Council
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