Vernon-Wager papers, 1654-1773 [electronic resource].

1654-1773.

English

1 online resource (6,422 images).

This collection from the Library of Congress contains the correspondence of two British men, Sir Charles Wager and Edward Vernon, and covers the years 1654 to 1773. The focus of the collection is Britain in the West Indies. It includes such topics as British tensions with the Spanish and French in the Caribbean, the British Royal Navy, piracy in the Spanish Main, the South Sea Company, and the slave trade.

Reproduction of the originals from the Library of Congress. From the collections of the Manuscript Division, Library of Congress.

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Slavery and anti-slavery: a transnational archive. Part 2. Slave trade in the Atlantic world.

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