Selected resources for the study of slavery in the British West Indies:

Primary Sources

Alexander Falconbridge's account of the Middle Passage

Mary Prince's account of life as a slave in the West Indies

Secondary Resources

The British National Archives' site for Black Presence: Asian and Black History in Britain, 1500-1850 includes a section on Africa and the Caribbean, as well as links to primary sources throughout.  For a map of the "triangular trade," click here and scroll down.

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