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COLONIZING SCHEMES IN AN INTEGRATED ATLANTIC ECONOMY: LABOR AND SETTLEMENT IN BRITISH EAST FLORIDA, 1763-1773.
Title
COLONIZING SCHEMES IN AN INTEGRATED ATLANTIC ECONOMY: LABOR AND SETTLEMENT IN BRITISH EAST FLORIDA, 1763-1773.
Creator
Hill, Nathan, Beiler, Rosalind, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description
The colonization of British East Florida in 1763 did not occur in a vacuum. Colonizers formulated different settlement plans based on their experience in the colonies and the Atlantic world in general. The most obvious differentiation was in their choice of labor. Some men chose to base their settlements on slave labor. Others imported white laborers either as indentured servants or tenant farmers. Historians have looked at this differentiation in labor as an important element in the downfall...
Show moreThe colonization of British East Florida in 1763 did not occur in a vacuum. Colonizers formulated different settlement plans based on their experience in the colonies and the Atlantic world in general. The most obvious differentiation was in their choice of labor. Some men chose to base their settlements on slave labor. Others imported white laborers either as indentured servants or tenant farmers. Historians have looked at this differentiation in labor as an important element in the downfall of the colony, but the key question should be: why did each man choose the labor and settlement scheme he did? The answer to this question goes to the nature of the British Empire and the different ideas that developed in the center and peripheral areas of the imperial system. Based on a close analysis of correspondence, official records and petitions, this study examines four different men who were involved in colonizing early East Florida: Colonial governor James Grant, Atlantic merchant Richard Oswald, former member of parliament Denys Rolle, and Scottish physician Andrew Turnbull. Each man dealt with the problems of colonization in different ways. This study is about how each man dealt with the many different influences regarding colonization and labor.
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Date Issued
2006
Identifier
CFE0001463, ucf:47089
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0001463
To The Memory Of Brave Men: The Imperial War Graves Commission And India's Missing Soldiers Of The First World War
Title
To The Memory Of Brave Men: The Imperial War Graves Commission And India's Missing Soldiers Of The First World War.
Creator
Sims, Roger, Gannon, Barbara, Lester, Connie, Zhang, Hong, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description
This thesis examines the commemoration of Indian soldiers who died during the First World War by the Imperial War Graves Commission, Britain's official government body overseeing all imperial commemoration efforts. For the soldiers of the Indian Army their war experience was split between the Western Front in Europe and Mesopotamia in modern-day Iraq. They were also far more ethnically, religiously, and lingually diverse than their British and Dominion counterparts. In order to examine how...
Show moreThis thesis examines the commemoration of Indian soldiers who died during the First World War by the Imperial War Graves Commission, Britain's official government body overseeing all imperial commemoration efforts. For the soldiers of the Indian Army their war experience was split between the Western Front in Europe and Mesopotamia in modern-day Iraq. They were also far more ethnically, religiously, and lingually diverse than their British and Dominion counterparts. In order to examine how geography, religion, and the imperial relationship affected Britain's commemoration of India's war dead, this study uses the Commission's own records to recreate how the IWGC created its policies regarding Indian soldiers. The result shows that while the Commission made nearly every effort to respect India's war dead, the complexity of their backgrounds hampered these efforts and forced compromises to be made. The geography of the war also forced a clear definition between the memories of Indian soldiers who died in Europe and those who fell in Mesopotamia.
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Date Issued
2018
Identifier
CFE0007098, ucf:51938
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0007098