The Colonial Agents of the British West Indies

A Study in Colonial Administration Mainly in the Eighteenth Century

Lillian Penson

• Publisher: Taylor & Francis
• Year: 2019
• Print ISBN: 9780367139780
• eBook ISBN: 9780429639234
• Edition: 1
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: Early Childhood Education
• Index: History

First published in 1924, at the time, this was the first detailed study which attempted to investigate the workings and character of the powerful West Indian interest in London in the eighteenth century. At the centre of this interest stood the Colonial Agent, an office which had come into existence when the West Indian interest was born. Dr. Penson traces its growth from the Restoration era, through the Peace of Paris, when its importance began to decline, to the nineteenth century when the office finally disappeared. It is based on exhaustive research in public and private archives.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Original Copyright
• Table of Contents
• CHAPTER I. COLONIAL PROBLEMS AND COLONIAL REPRESENTATION, 1600–1660
• CHAPTER II. THE RESTORATION SETTLEMENT
• CHAPTER III. THE EVOLUTION OF THE AGENCIES, 1670–1700
• CHAPTER IV. THE PROBLEM OF APPOINTMENT IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
• CHAPTER V. THE NEW AGENCIES OF THE SECOND HALF OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
• CHAPTER VI. THE FUNCTIONS OF THE AGENTS
• CHAPTER VII. CONTROL BY THE ISLANDS
• CHAPTER VIII. THE PERSONNEL OF THE AGENCY
• CHAPTER IX. AGENTS, PLANTERS, AND MERCHANTS, 1660–1760
• CHAPTER X. THE WEST INDIA COMMITTEE
• CHAPTER XI. SOLICITATIONS IN WHITEHALL AND WESTMINSTER
• CHAPTER XII. THE DISAPPEARANCE OF THE AGENCIES
• APPENDIX I. THE AGENCY OF BERMUDA
• APPENDIX II. LIST OF WEST INDIAN COLONIAL AGENTS
• APPENDIX III. DOCUMENTS ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE HISTORY OF THE WEST INDIAN AGENCIES
• APPENDIX IV. NOTE ON AUTHORITIES
• INDEX
• THE ATLANTIC OCEAN