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West Indies philately West Indies Philatelic Study Group

Issuing body:
West Indies Philatelic Study Group  Search this
Physical description:
volumes illustrations
Type:
Periodicals
Périodiques
Place:
West Indies, British
Antilles britanniques
West Indies
British West Indies
Date:
2023
Topic:
Postage stamps  Search this
Stamp collecting  Search this
Timbres-poste  Search this
Philatélie  Search this
Call number:
HE6187 .B862
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1165397

The Atlantic slave trade a census by Philip D. Curtin

Author:
Curtin, Philip D  Search this
Physical description:
xix, 338 pages maps 22 cm
Type:
Books
Statistik 1500-1900
Case studies
History
Place:
America
Amérique
Africa
France
Great Britain
Date:
1969
Topic:
Enslaved persons--Population--History  Search this
Slave trade--History  Search this
Transatlantic slave trade  Search this
Commerce--history  Search this
Social Class  Search this
Esclaves--Population--Histoire  Search this
Esclaves--Commerce--Histoire  Search this
Sklaverei  Search this
Slave trade  Search this
Slave trade--America--History  Search this
Slave trade--West Indies, British--History  Search this
Call number:
HT975 .C97
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_2513

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

Author:
Oldmixon Mr (John) 1673-1742  Search this
Physical description:
2 volume folded maps 22 cm
Type:
Books
Early works to 1800
Ouvrages avant 1800
Early works
History
Place:
Great Britain
America
United States
West Indies, British
Gran Bretaña
América
Indias Occidentales Británicas
États-Unis
Grande-Bretagne
Amérique
West Indies
British West Indies
Date:
1969
1741
Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
Ca 1600-1775 (Période coloniale)
Topic:
British colonies  Search this
Colonies  Search this
History  Search this
Colonias  Search this
Historia  Search this
Histoire  Search this
Call number:
E188 .O44 1969
E188.O44 1969
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_2676

The Temne nation of Carriacou Sierra Leone's lost family in the Caribbean by John Angus Martin, Joseph Opala and Cynthia Schmidt

Author:
Martin, John Angus  Search this
Opala, Joseph  Search this
Schmidt, Cynthia E  Search this
Physical description:
67 pages illustrations (some color), maps (mostly color) 22 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Grenada
Carriacou Island
West Indies, British
Grenade
Carriacou
Antilles britanniques
Carriacou Island (Grenada)
Carriacou (Grenade)
Sierra Leone
West Indies
British West Indies
Date:
2016
Topic:
Temne (African people)  Search this
Enslaved persons  Search this
Folk music  Search this
Percussion music  Search this
Temné (Peuple d'Afrique)  Search this
Esclaves  Search this
Percussion, Musique de  Search this
Slaves  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Mœurs et coutumes  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1146554

The letters and other writings of Gustavus Vassa (Olaudah Equiano, the African) documenting abolition of the slave trade Karlee Anne Sapoznik, editor ; foreword by Paul E. Lovejoy

Author:
Equiano, Olaudah 1745-1797  Search this
Author:
Sapoznik, Karlee Anne  Search this
Lovejoy, Paul E  Search this
Subject:
Equiano, Olaudah 1745-  Search this
Physical description:
xxvii, 274 pages illustrations 23 cm
Type:
Early works to 1800
Correspondence
Ouvrages avant 1800
Early works
History
Personal correspondence
Place:
West Indies, British
Great Britain
Africa
America
Afrique
West Indies
British West Indies
Date:
2013
Topic:
Slavery  Search this
Antislavery movements  Search this
Slave trade--History  Search this
Esclaves--Commerce--Histoire  Search this
Slave trade  Search this
Travel  Search this
Sklavenhandel  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1153807

Jim Crow in Uniform

Published by:
New Age Publishers, American  Search this
Written by:
Claudia Jones, Trinidadian, 1915 - 1964  Search this
Medium:
ink on paper
Dimensions:
H x W: 7 11/16 x 5 1/8 in. (19.5 x 13 cm)
Type:
pamphlets
Date:
1940
Topic:
African American  Search this
Civil Rights  Search this
Mass media  Search this
Military  Search this
Politics  Search this
World War II  Search this
Credit Line:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the family of Dr. Maurice Jackson and Laura Ginsburg
Object number:
2010.55.1
Restrictions & Rights:
No Known Copyright Restrictions
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
See more items in:
National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Classification:
Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera
Data Source:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5ec63a6f7-526f-4009-bc90-78f104ab2720
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmaahc_2010.55.1
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The Negro Worker Vol. 1 No. 10-11

Published by:
The Negro Worker, 1928 - 1937  Search this
Edited by:
George Padmore, Trinidadian, 1903 - 1959  Search this
Subject of:
Communist International, 1919 - 1943  Search this
Medium:
ink on paper
Dimensions:
H x W: 8 5/8 x 5 7/8 in. (21.9 x 15 cm)
Type:
pamphlets
Place depicted:
Liberia, West Africa, Africa
Cuba, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central Africa, Africa
Russia, Europe
Belgium, Europe
Date:
1931
Topic:
African American  Search this
Belgian colonialism  Search this
Colonialism  Search this
Decolonization  Search this
International affairs  Search this
Labor  Search this
Mass media  Search this
Political organizations  Search this
Politics  Search this
Race discrimination  Search this
U.S. History, 1919-1933  Search this
Violence  Search this
Credit Line:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the family of Dr. Maurice Jackson and Laura Ginsburg
Object number:
2010.55.38
Restrictions & Rights:
No Known Copyright Restrictions
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
See more items in:
National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Classification:
Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera
Movement:
Pan Africanism
Data Source:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd53043c35d-3a95-4798-b47f-ff5637765af5
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmaahc_2010.55.38
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West Indies British (including formerly British) [folder 1 of 2]

Collection Creator:
Davies, R. E. G. (Ronald Edward George)  Search this
Container:
Box 47, Folder 4
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1960-2009
Scope and Contents:
BWIA [British West Indian Airways] and LIAT [Leeward Islands Air Transport Services], Bahamas, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, British Guiana
Collection Restrictions:
No restrictions on access.
Collection Rights:
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests
Collection Citation:
R. E. G. (Ron) Davies Air Transport Collection, Acc. NASM.XXXX.0604, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
See more items in:
R. E. G. (Ron) Davies Air Transport Collection
R. E. G. (Ron) Davies Air Transport Collection / Series 1: Dossiers / Airlines - Latin America / Central America and Caribbean
Archival Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg27b35c5b4-0d34-487f-b1d1-2b5dd2ba532e
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nasm-xxxx-0604-ref791

West Indies British (including formerly British) [folder 2 of 2]

Collection Creator:
Davies, R. E. G. (Ronald Edward George)  Search this
Container:
Box 47, Folder 5
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1969-2009
Scope and Contents:
Jamaica, Smaller British Islands,
Collection Restrictions:
No restrictions on access.
Collection Rights:
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests
Collection Citation:
R. E. G. (Ron) Davies Air Transport Collection, Acc. NASM.XXXX.0604, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
See more items in:
R. E. G. (Ron) Davies Air Transport Collection
R. E. G. (Ron) Davies Air Transport Collection / Series 1: Dossiers / Airlines - Latin America / Central America and Caribbean
Archival Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg218c1d537-2ded-411d-a3e0-4e425b7f4430
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nasm-xxxx-0604-ref792

Am I not a man and a brother? British missions and the abolition of the slave trade and slavery in West Africa and the West Indies 1786-1838

Author:
Jakobsson, Stiv  Search this
Physical description:
661 pages maps 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Africa, West
West Indies, British
Afrique occidentale
West Africa
West Indies
British West Indies
Date:
1972
Topic:
Slave trade  Search this
Missions  Search this
Slavery  Search this
Esclaves--Commerce  Search this
Slavernij  Search this
Zending  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1155118

After Africa extracts from British travel accounts and journals of the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries concerning the slaves, their manners, and customs in the British West Indies introduced and edited by Roger D. Abrahams and John F. Szwed ; assisted by Leslie Baker and Adrian Stackhouse

Author:
Abrahams, Roger D  Search this
Szwed, John F. 1936-  Search this
Physical description:
ix, 444 pages, 5 unnumbered leaves of plates illustrations 24 cm
Type:
Sources
Quelle
History
Place:
West Indies, British
Antilles britanniques
West Indies
British West Indies
Westindien
Westindische Assoziierte Staaten
Schwarze
Date:
1983
Topic:
Black people--History  Search this
Black people--Social life and customs  Search this
Slaves--History  Search this
Noirs--Mœurs et coutumes  Search this
Esclaves--Histoire  Search this
Black people  Search this
Slaves  Search this
Alltag  Search this
Schwarze  Search this
Sklave  Search this
Sklaverei  Search this
Slaven (arbeid)  Search this
West Indies--British colonies--Negro slaves, 1790-1890 - Readings from contemporary sources  Search this
Call number:
F2131.A47 1983X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_193480

Domestic manners and social condition of the white, coloured, and Negro population of the West Indies / by Mrs. Carmichael, five years a resident in St. Vincent and Trinidad ; in two volumes

Title:
Five years in Trinidad and St. Vincent
West Indies
Author:
Carmichael Mrs (A. C.)  Search this
Physical description:
2 volumes ; 20 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Saint Vincent
Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad
West Indies, British
Date:
1834
Topic:
Black people  Search this
Description and travel  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Call number:
GN560.W3 C28 1834
GN560.W3C28 1834
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_233321

Radical moves : Caribbean migrants and the politics of race in the jazz age / Lara Putnam

Author:
Putnam, Lara  Search this
Physical description:
xiii, 322 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
West Indies, British
Date:
2013
C2013
20th century
Topic:
Black people--Migrations--History  Search this
Migrations--History  Search this
Black people--Social conditions  Search this
West Indians--Social conditions  Search this
Black people--Politics and government  Search this
West Indians--Politics and government  Search this
Anti-imperialist movements--History  Search this
Emigration and immigration--Political aspects--History  Search this
Racism--Political aspects--History  Search this
Emigration and immigration  Search this
History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1001133

Britain's black debt : reparations for Caribbean slavery and native genocide / Hilary McD. Beckles

Author:
Beckles, Hilary 1955-  Search this
Physical description:
xv, 292 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Caribbean Area
West Indies, British
Date:
2013
Topic:
Black people--Reparations  Search this
Reparations for historical injustices  Search this
Slavery--History  Search this
Slave trade--History  Search this
Slavery--Law and legislation  Search this
History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1026151

Between fitness and death disability and slavery in the Caribbean Stefanie Hunt-Kennedy

Author:
Hunt-Kennedy, Stefanie 1985-  Search this
Physical description:
1 online resource
Type:
Electronic resources
Electronic books
History
Place:
West Indies, British
Great Britain
America
West Indies
British West Indies
Date:
2020
Topic:
Slaves--Social conditions  Search this
Black people--Social conditions  Search this
People with disabilities--Social conditions  Search this
Racism--History  Search this
Slavery--Law and legislation--History  Search this
People with disabilities--Legal status, laws, etc--History  Search this
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General  Search this
British colonies  Search this
Colonies--Administration  Search this
People with disabilities--Legal status, laws, etc  Search this
Race relations  Search this
Racism  Search this
Slavery--Law and legislation  Search this
Social conditions  Search this
Colonies  Search this
Administration  Search this
Call number:
HT1092 .H86 2020 (Internet)
Restrictions & Rights:
Non-linear
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1145678

Bulimulus fraterculus

Preparation:
Dry
Place:
Tortola.; West Indies, British Virgin Islands
Published Name:
Bulimulus fraterculus (Potiez & Michaud)
Other Numbers:
Sort Order : RS-WG10-001-198
USNM Number:
492659
See more items in:
Invertebrate Zoology
Mollusca
Land Snail Collection
Henderson Collection
Data Source:
NMNH - Invertebrate Zoology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/30b2d7351-3d0b-4b4d-8fba-e27f20bb387e
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhinvertebratezoology_10586158

In the trades, the tropics and the roaring forties. By Lady Brassey. With 292 illustrations engraved on wood by G. Pearson and J. Cooper after drawings by R.T. Pritchett

Author:
Brassey, Annie Allnutt Baroness 1839-1887  Search this
Physical description:
xiv p., 1 l., 532 p. illus., 9 maps, (2 fold.) 22 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
West Indies, British
Date:
1885
Topic:
Voyages and travels  Search this
Description and travel  Search this
Call number:
F2131 .B82
F2131.B82
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_72393

Marcus Garvey and the Negro world in the B.W.I. / W. F. Elkins

Author:
Elkins, W. F  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Subject:
Garvey, Marcus 1887-1940  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
West Indies, British
Date:
1977
Topic:
Politics and government  Search this
Call number:
F1861 .J277
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1050326

It's enough to make any woman catch the next plane to Barbados : constructing the postwar West Indies as paradise / Leah Rosenberg

Author:
Rosenberg, Leah  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Subject:
Belafonte, Harry 1927-  Search this
Waugh, Evelyn 1903-1966 Island in the sun  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
West Indies, British
Date:
2014
Topic:
Interracial friendship in motion pictures  Search this
In motion pictures  Search this
In literature  Search this
Call number:
NX1 .T445
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1047921

The antelope (adowa) and the elephant (esono) : the Akan in the British Caribbean / Kwasi Konadu

Author:
Konadu, Kwasi  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
West Indies, British
Ghana
Guyana
Jamaica
Date:
2010
Topic:
Akan (African people)  Search this
British--History  Search this
Slave trade  Search this
Slave insurrections  Search this
Maroons  Search this
Call number:
E29.A43 K66 2010
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1049238

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