St Andrews University Library

Title: St Andrews University Library

Description: In general there are approximately 200 monographs relevant to the study of the Caribbean region covering the following subject areas, topics and themes: anthropology, Caribbean literature, cultural studies, environmental sciences, history, politics and sociology. In addition there are monographs on the history, geography, politics and economy of individual countries in the Caribbean, including over 150 titles on Cuba and 90 on Jamaica. Approximately 120 monographs provide information on the history of Black and Asian people in Britain. Many of these are contemporary analyses dating from c.1965-1985 and cover the following subjects, topics and themes: cultural studies; community studies; literature, politics; racism, anti-racism and race relations in Britain; religious studies; social history.
The Main Library's Special Collections also contain over 30 items on slavery, anti-slavery and the abolition movement. Examples include the following resources (mainly letters and speeches), listed by title, personal/corporate author, and classmark:

• Address to the public, on the present state of the question relative to Negro slavery, in the British Colonies. Author: Alexander, William, 1768-1841. Number 8 in a volume of thirteen pamphlets dated 1828-1830. Location/classmark: Main Library Special Collections DA531.P6.90/ s.
• An address to the members of the new Parliament, on the proceedings of the Colonial Department, in furtherance of the resolutions of the House of Commons of the 15th May 1823, 'for ameliorating the condition of the slave population in His Majesty's colonies'; and on the only course that ought now to be pursued by His Majesty's government; Author: Anon. Number 2 in a volume of eight pamphlets dated 1825-1827. Location/classmark: Main Library Special Collections DA531.P9.63/s.
• The bow in the cloud; or, the negro's memorial. A collection of original contributions in prose and verse. Illustrative of the evils of slavery and commemorative of its abolition in the British colonies. Author: Anon. 1 volume (408 pages) dated 1834. Location/classmark: Main Library Special Collections PN6110.S53B6/s.
• Corrected report of the speech of Viscount Howick, in the House of Commons, May 14, 1833, on colonial slavery, with an appendix, containing a plan for the abolition of slavery. Author: Grey, Henry George, Viscount Howick, 3rd Earl Grey, 1802-1894. Number 1 in a volume of thirteen pamphlets all dated 1833. Location/classmark: Main Library Special Collections DA531.P6.125/s.
• Declaration of the objects of the Liverpool Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery, 25th March, 1823; Signed by William Roscoe, president, and Isaac Hodgson, secretary. Corporate author: Liverpool Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery Number 10 in a volume of eleven pamphlets dated 1823-1824. Location/classmark: Main Library Special Collections AC900.P209/s.
• Four essays on colonial slavery. Author: Jeremie, John, Sir, 1795-1841. Number 1 in a volume of twenty-one pamphlets dated 1831-1832. Location/classmark: Main library Special Collections DA531.P6.103; 2/s.
• Immediate, not gradual abolition; or, An inquiry into the shortest, safest, and most effectual means of getting rid of West Indian slavery. Author: Heyrick, Elizabeth (Coltman), 1769-1831. Number 3 in a volume of eleven pamphlets dated 1823-1824. Location/classmark: Main Library Special Collections DA531.P6.37/s.
• A letter to the Rev. Mr. Hall, of Leicester, in answer to his attack on West Indian proprietors, with some observations on the general question as to the abolition of West Indian slavery. Author: Barstow, James, fl. 1824. Number 6 in a volume of ten pamphlets dated 1824. Location/classmark: Main Library Special Collections DA531.P6.46/s.
• Letters addressed to William Wilberforce, MP recommending the encouragement of the cultivation of sugar in the dominions in the East Indies, as the natural and certain means of effecting the total and general abolition of the slave-trade. Author: Cropper, James, 1773-1840. Number 3 in a volume of nine pamphlets dated 1821-1822. Location/classmark: Main Library Special Collections DA531.P6.21/ s.
• A letter addressed to the Liverpool Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery on the injurious effects of high prices of produce, and the beneficial effects of low prices, on the condition of slaves. Author: Cropper, James, 1773-1840. Number 7 in a volume of ten pamphlets dated 1823. Location/classmark: Main Library Special Collections DA531.P6.31/ s.
• Report of the committee of the Society for the Mitigation and Gradual Abolition of Slavery Throughout the British Dominions, read at the general meeting of the Society held on the 25th day of June 1824, together with and account of the proceedings which took place at that meeting. Corporate author: Society for the Mitigation and Gradual Abolition of Slavery throughout the British Dominions. Number 8 in a volume of ten pamphlets all dated 1824. Location/classmark: Main Library Special Collections DA531.P6.46/ s. (NB: Second report located at DA531.P6.53/s.)
• Speech of the Right Honourable R. Wilmot Horton. In the House of Commons, on the 6th of March, 1828, on moving for the production of the evidence taken before the Privy Council, upon an appeal against the compulsory manumission of slaves in Demerara and Berbice: with notes and appendix. Author: Horton, Robert John Wilmot, Sir, 1784-1841. Number 15 in a volume of fifteen pamphlets dated 1828-1829. Location/classmark: Main Library Special Collections DA531.P6.76 / s.
• West India question. The outline of a plan for the total, immediate, and safe abolition of slavery throughout the British colonies. Author: Phillips, Joseph, fl. 1833. Location/classmark: Main Library Special Collections DA531.P6.141/s. Etc.

There are no holdings of periodicals or audio-visual materials relevant to the CASBAH subject areas.

Strengths: Coverage is general with some emphasis on pre-1985 material on race relations in Britain.
The Special Collections also contain relevant documents on slavery, the slave trade and abolition.

Size: c.200 monographs relevant to Caribbean studies; c.120 monographs relevant to the history of Black and Asian people in Britain.

Catalogue: SAULCAT Web Catalogue

Catalogue URL: http://138.251.116.3/

Main URL: http://www-library.st-and.ac.uk

Access: Consultation only for all readers. Borrowing rights available free to most Scotland-based university students. Please visit the web page http://www.st-and.ac.uk/Info/access.html for full details.

Acquisition dates: c.1950 - present (with c.50% acquired between 1965-1985).

Note:

Interest: Asian, Black, Caribbean

Complete: Complete

Subjects

Social history

Anti-slavery movements

Abolition of slavery

Slavery

Politics

interethnic relations

Personal/Corporate names

Phillips, Joseph, fl. 1833

Horton, Robert John Wilmot, Sir, 1784-1841

Heyrick, Elizabeth (Coltman), 1769-1831

Cropper, James, 1773-1840

Barstow, James, fl. 1824

Alexander, William, 1768-1841

Places

Jamaica

Guyana

Cuba

Caribbean