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Held by British Library. Shelfmark: IOR/F/4/1478/58125

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Petition from Hindu inhabitants of Black Town (Madras), 1834

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Petition from Hindu inhabitants of Black Town (Madras), 1834

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Location: India

Creator: Unknown

Format: Petition

Copyright: We have been unable to locate the owner of the copyright in this material. Please contact copyright@bl.uk with any information you have regarding this item.

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First Subscription List for the East India Company, 1599

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First Subscription List for the East India Company, 1599

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Curator Karen Stapley examines the first subscriber list of the East India Company, using it to trace how a commercial venture developed into a powerful corporation that controlled regions across South Asia.

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First Subscription List for the East India Company, 1599

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Curator Karen Stapley examines the first subscriber list of the East India Company, using it to trace how a commercial venture developed into a powerful corporation that controlled regions across South Asia.

For an audio-described version of this video, follow this link: link.bl.uk/SubscriptionListEIC-AD

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Held by SOAS. Shelfmark: PP MS 1/IBEA/1/49/1/50

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Indian and African labour on the Jelori Road, IBEAC Correspondence, 1891

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Indian and African labour on the Jelori Road, IBEAC Correspondence, 1891

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Location: British East Africa

Creator: IBEAC

Format: Official papers

Copyright: Mackinnon Macneill Trust

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Held by British Library. Shelfmark: IOR/F/4/2032/92038

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Petition from Chingleput (Chengalpattu) district weavers against the loom tax, 1834

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Petition from Chingleput (Chengalpattu) district weavers against the loom tax, 1834

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Location: India

Creator: Unknown

Format: Petition

Copyright: We have been unable to locate the owner of the copyright in this material. Please contact copyright@bl.uk with any information you have regarding this item.

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Held by British Library. Shelfmark: Add MS 47568

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James Mario Matra's proposal for settling New South Wales, 1783 

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James Mario Matra's proposal for settling New South Wales, 1783 

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Location: Australia

Creator: James Mario Matra

Format: Proposal

Copyright: Public Domain in most countries other than the UK

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James Mario Matra's proposal for settling New South Wales

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Explore these primary sources on the British Empire and the economic impact on colonised people, c. 1870-1925.

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Explore these primary sources on the British Empire and the economic impact on colonised people, c. 1870-1925.

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Explore teaching resources, including articles, short films and primary sources, to discover how Britain's involvement with India impacted the lives of people in India and Britain, c. 1750-1930. 

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Explore teaching resources, including articles, short films and primary sources, to discover how Britain's involvement with India impacted the lives of people in India and Britain, c. 1750-1930. 

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Curator Tom Harper examines this map of Virginia and explores what it can tell us about English colonialism in North America.

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Tom Harper looks at an early colonial map of Virginia that featured in a book called 'The Discovery of New Britain'.

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Survey of the country on the eastern bank of the Hughly, map of India, 1785

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Survey of the country on the eastern bank of the Hughly, map of India, 1785

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Curator Tom Harper looks at a map of India produced as part of a survey of Kolkata for the East India Company.

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Tom Harper looks at a map of India produced as part of a survey of Kolkata for the East India Company.

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Historian Clare Anderson looks at sources that explain how the British transported convicts to Australia and the subsequent impact this had on Indigenous populations.

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British colonisation of Australia | British Library

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Clare Anderson looks at sources that explain how the British transported convicts to Australia and the subsequent impact this had on Indigenous populations.

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Indentured labourers in the British Empire

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Indentured labourers in the British Empire

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Historian Maria del Pilar Kaladeen looks at sources from the India Office Records to discuss the system of indentured labour, which is part of her own family history.

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Indentured labourers in the British Empire | British Library

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Maria del Pilar Kaladeen looks at sources from the India Office Records to discuss the system of indentured labour which is part of her own family history.

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Explore more at the British Library.

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We are the UK’s national library. Open to everyone and free to use. Explore our buildings, study, meet friends, attend an event and get free access to over 170 million items.

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Held by British Library. Shelfmark: 010096.e.8

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Description of a palm oil factory, John Whitford, 1877

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Description of a palm oil factory, John Whitford, 1877

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Location: West Africa

Creator: John Whitford

Format: Printed book

Copyright: Public domain

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Held by British Museum. Shelfmark: Af, A46.20. Af, A46.65. Af, A46.60.

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Photograph of palm oil trade and production, Niger Delta, c. late 1800s

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Photograph of palm oil trade and production, Niger Delta, c. late 1800s

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Location: Niger Delta, Nigeria

Creator: Jonathan Adagogo Green

Format: Photograph

Copyright: © Jonathan Adagogo Green / The Trustees of the British Museum, CC BY NC SA

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Two men cut a large tree trunk, which lays on the forest floor. In the background, one man stands on the tree trunk. 

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Two men cut a large tree trunk, which lays on the forest floor. In the background, one man stands on the tree trunk. 

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Held by Wilson Library, University of North Carolina. Shelfmark: 4986.aaa.55.

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Advertisement for African Steam Ship Company, 1892

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Advertisement for African Steam Ship Company, 1892

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Location: London

Creator: British & African Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. and African Steamship Co.

Format: Print

Copyright: Public domain

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Advert for steamship company, with list of journeys at the bottom below image of African man and Britannia amidst goods traded, such as palm oil. 

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Held by British Library. UPU Collection, Nigeria: Philatelic 71/1/161

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King Jaja of Opobo commemorative stamp, 1964 

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King Jaja of Opobo commemorative stamp, 1964 

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Location: Nigeria

Creator: W.H Irvine

Format: Stamp

Copyright: Public domain

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Black and white stamp with King Jaja wearing a hat in the centre surrounded by a border. 

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Held by British Library. Shelfmark: Mss Eur D620

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Proclamation announcing the transference of the government of India to the British Crown, 1858

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Proclamation announcing the transference of the government of India to the British Crown, 1858

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Location: India

Creator: British Crown; Queen Victoria

Format: Proclamation

Copyright: Public domain

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Page of text with handwriting at the top

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Page with text, with handwriting from the other side that has seeped through visible at the top

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Held by British Library. Shelfmark: IOR/P/203/14 

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Translation of Begum Hazrat Mahal's proclamation and Indian rebellion stats, 1858

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Translation of Begum Hazrat Mahal's proclamation and Indian rebellion stats, 1858

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Location: India

Creator: Begum Hazrat Mahal

Format: Proclamation; handwritten document

Copyright: Public domain

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Held by British Library. Shelfmark: 278.a.3. 

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Location: Virginia, North America

Creator: John Farrer

Format: Map

Copyright: Public domain

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Map of the coast of Virginia with rivers shown and illustrations of animals and landscape. A portrait of Francis Drake is at the top.

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Photograph of Indian labourers on Ugandan railway, 1899

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Photograph of Indian labourers on Ugandan railway, 1899

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Location: East Africa

Creator: Scherl/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

Format: Photograph

Copyright: Sueddeutsche Zeitung Photo / Alamy Stock Photo

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A group of Indian labourers working on a railway track in Uganda. 

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Held by British Library. Shelfmark: 10097.de.35.

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Handbook to British East Africa and Uganda by John Purvis Bremner, 1900

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Handbook to British East Africa and Uganda by John Purvis Bremner, 1900

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Location: East Africa

Creator: John Purvis Bremner

Format: Printed book

Copyright: Public domain

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Held by British Library. Shelfmark: NEWS2643

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'Free Grants of Land in East Africa', Shields Daily Gazette, 1903

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'Free Grants of Land in East Africa', Shields Daily Gazette, 1903

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Location: East Africa

Creator: Shields Daily Gazette

Format: Newspaper

Copyright: Public domain

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Held by Smithsonian Institute. Shelfmark: E428283-0

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Location: British East Africa

Creator: British government

Format: Object

Copyright: E428283, Department of Anthropology, Smithsonian Institution

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A close-up of a piece of paper and a metal container with a chain attached to the side.

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Held by British Library. Shelfmark: Maps K.Top.116.63.b.2

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A view of Sydney Cove New South Wales, 1804

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A view of Sydney Cove New South Wales, 1804

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Location: Australia

Creator: F. Jukes

Format: Engraving

Copyright: Public domain

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Painting of a bay with buildings on the shore, ships sailing on the ocean and Indigenous people in the foreground. 

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Held by British Library. Shelfmark: 816.m.18(13)*

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Provisions list for settlers emigrating to New England, 1630

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Provisions list for settlers emigrating to New England, 1630

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Location: London; New England

Creator: Unknown

Format: Broadside

Copyright: Public Domain

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A historical document listing proportions of provisions needed for planting in New England.

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Held by British Library. Shelfmark: Sloane MS 1622

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European illustrations of Indigenous life in America, Theodor de Bry, 1590

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European illustrations of Indigenous life in America, Theodor de Bry, 1590

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Location: Virginia, North America

Creator: Theodor de Bry

Format: Engraving / Illustration / Image / Manuscript

Copyright: Public Domain in most countries other than the UK.

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Held by British Library. Shelfmark: Sloane MS 1622

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'A Dictionarie of the Indian Language', William Strachey, 1618 

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'A Dictionarie of the Indian Language', William Strachey, 1618 

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Location: North America

Creator: William Strachey

Format: Manuscript

Copyright: Public Domain in most countries other than the UK.

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Page of handwritten dictionary arranged in columns with 'A' and 'B' words

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Page of handwritten dictionary arranged in columns with 'B' words

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Page of handwritten dictionary arranged in columns with 'A' and 'C' words

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Held by British Library. Shelfmark: CH 37766

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Location: Australia

Creator: John Batman, Indigenous leaders

Format: Agreement

Copyright: Public domain

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Handwritten document on a rectangular parchment, with red wax seals and signatures in the bottom right corner. 

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'How the world is at war' map, Empire Day Certificate, 1916

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'How the world is at war' map, Empire Day Certificate, 1916

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Historian Anna Maguire analyses an Empire Day certificate from 1916 to discuss the role of the British Empire and colonial troops in World War One.

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'How the world is at war' map, Empire Day Certificate, 1916

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Historian Anna Maguire analyses an Empire Day certificate from 1916 to discuss the role of the British Empire and colonial troops in World War One.

For the audio-described video, follow this link: https://link.bl.uk/EmpireDay-AD

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Held by British Library. Shelfmark: W4965 (b),(c )

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Examination papers for Indian Civil Service, 1858

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Examination papers for Indian Civil Service, 1858

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Location: London

Creator: Indian Civil Service

Format: Examination papers

Copyright: Public domain