Caribbean Newspapers, 1718-1876
From the American Antiquarian Society
- The largest collection of fully searchable 18th- and 19th-century Caribbean newspapers
- The evolution of the region across two centuries chronicled within more than 140 titles from 22 islands
- Essential for research on colonial history, the Atlantic slave trade, international commerce, New World slavery and related topics
“This recently launched Readex collection brings together the digital representations of more than 140 newspapers from 22 islands in the Caribbean. Most newspapers included in this resource are in English; French, Spanish, and Dutch publications make up a smaller portion of the database. Images of the newspapers are of high quality, allowing researchers a highly satisfactory experience interacting with the text, much as it must have appeared over 200 years ago. This rich collection also allows students with an instinct for discovery to replicate the experience of combing through diverse types of primary-source materials, including advertisements of slave sales, shipping news, editorials, poetry, or public notices of local governments.”
— J. H. Pollitz, Southern Illinois University, in Choice (Dec. 2017)
"With more than 140 Spanish, French, Danish, and British titles, all available for the first time in a fully searchable database, Caribbean Newspapers promises to transform scholarship on the eighteenth and nineteenth-century West Indies. It’s going to be a real game changer."
— Eliga Gould, Chair of the History Department and Professor of History, University of New Hampshire
"Caribbean Newspapers, 1718-1876: From the American Antiquarian Society is an astoundingly important new source for scholars of the Caribbean and familial genealogical searchers alike. For the first time, big data meets the intellectual and cultural history of the Caribbean. The multiplicity of islands in the Caribbean, with their diverse languages and colonial and postcolonial histories, have always presented a documentary challenge. But now, a scholar interested in the emergence of postcolonial medical systems in the Caribbean, or in ads for fugitive slaves in the colonial period, or nearly any other aspect of 18th and 19th-century Caribbean life, will be able to carry out this research without archive-hopping around the world. Families seeking news stories about relatives in the early period of the emancipation of the African diaspora will be able to mine this data for precious traces. From Antigua to Haiti, and Jamaica to Barbados, Caribbean Newspapers promises to reveal the local color and spirit of the times of a region as fascinating as it is historically elusive."
— Deborah Jenson, Haiti Lab, Franklin Humanities Institute, Duke University