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A greyscale photograph of the front of the Nairobi city hall, capital of Kenya.

Kenya Under Colonial Rule, in Government Reports, 1907-1964

Kenya Under Colonial Rule, in Government Reports, 1907–1964 contains papers from the British colonial government in Kenya. The documents in this collection reveal the approach that the British took to...

Date:1907-1964
Contributor:British Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Identifier:9781851173228
A painting of the 1840 convention of the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society which was established to promote worldwide abolition. An elderly Thomas Clarkson is stood with his finger pointing in the air as he addresses a meeting of over 500 delegates.

Slavery Through Time: from Enslavers to Abolitionists, 1675-1865

This collection explores and offers varying perspectives on the explosive debate around the Transatlantic Slave Trade during the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. The documents, through a combination of correspondence,...

Date:1675-1865
Contributor:Bodleian Library, British Library, and others
Identifier:9781851173198
On the left is an image of the Statue of Robert the Bruce at Stirling Castle and on the right is the Scottish flag in the wind.

Scottish Nationalist Leaflets, 1844-1973

The 1707 Acts of Union united the Scottish and English Parliaments to form the Parliament of Great Britain in the Palace of Westminster. Thenceforth Scottish citizens have debated the viability...

Date:1844-1973
Contributor:National Library of Scotland
Identifier:9781851173204
An image of the Independence Memorial Arch at Independence Square in the center of Accra.

Ghana and Togo Under Colonial Rule, in Government Reports, 1843-1957

Ghana and Togo Under Colonial Rule, in Government Reports, 1843–1957 contains papers from the colonial governments in Ghana and Togo. They shed much light on British rule in these territories....

Date:1843-1957
Contributor:British Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Identifier:9781851173211
Six men stood and sat around a wagon - the first run of the Zambesia Mail and Passenger Company stage coach between Salisbury (now Harare) and Umtali (now Mutare), Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe).

Zimbabwe Under Colonial Rule, in Government Reports, 1897-1980

This collection provides a unique opportunity to explore the British administration in Zimbabwe by looking at annual governmental reports. In the 1880s, Cecil Rhodes and the British South Africa Company...

Date:1897-1980
Contributor:British Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Identifier:9781851173150

‘Thou Shalt Not Kill’: Missionaries in Asia during the World Wars, 1914-1946

This collection contains first hand accounts by missionaries attached to The Propagation of the Gospel (SPG) both during peacetime and the turmoil of the World Wars. The SPG was a...

Date:1914-1946
Contributor:Bodleian Library
Identifier:9781851173136
Freetown, Sierra Leone, the way we looked at it in 1949.

Sierra Leone Under Colonial Rule, in Government Reports, 1893-1961

Sierra Leone Under Colonial Rule, in Government Reports, 1893-1961 contains papers from the colonial government in Sierra Leone. They reveal the approach the British took to colonial rule in this...

Date:1893-1961
Contributor:British Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Identifier:9781851173082

Canada in Records from Colonial Missionaries, 1722-1952

The United Society Partners in Gospel (USPG) is a UK-based Anglican missionary organisation that operates around the world. During the 18th, 19th, and early-20th centuries, the USPG went by the...

Date:1722-1952
Contributor:Bodleian Library
Identifier:9781851173051