From Columbus to Castro: The History of the Caribbean, 1492-1969A history of the Caribbean from 1492 to the present by the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago. This book sets the record straight by collecting all existing knowledge of the Caribbean in relation to the rest of the world, and to provide, through greater awareness of its heritage of exploitation and neglect, a sure foundation for the economic integration of the region. Countries in the Caribbean Sea include Cuba, the Bahamas, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. |
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Page 31
... Spaniards recognised , did not grow on trees . They needed labour . The discoverer of gold and the introducer of sugar tried also to provide the solution to the labour problem . On his very first encounter with the Indians , on October ...
... Spaniards recognised , did not grow on trees . They needed labour . The discoverer of gold and the introducer of sugar tried also to provide the solution to the labour problem . On his very first encounter with the Indians , on October ...
Page 118
... Spaniards . But he advanced an equally superstitious explanation - that the Spaniards had wilfully con- cealed some secret in its cultivation from the slaves , ' lest it might teach them to set up for themselves , by being able to ...
... Spaniards . But he advanced an equally superstitious explanation - that the Spaniards had wilfully con- cealed some secret in its cultivation from the slaves , ' lest it might teach them to set up for themselves , by being able to ...
Page 182
... Spaniards ; that if they did not supply slaves , the Dutch would ; and that the slaves were used by the Spaniards not to produce commodities which competed with those of the British West Indies , but in the silver mines and in domestic ...
... Spaniards ; that if they did not supply slaves , the Dutch would ; and that the slaves were used by the Spaniards not to produce commodities which competed with those of the British West Indies , but in the silver mines and in domestic ...
Contents
Introduction | 11 |
Westward Ho | 13 |
Christopher Columbus and the Discovery of the West Indies | 18 |
Copyright | |
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From Columbus to Castro: The History of the Caribbean, 1492-1969 Eric Williams No preview available - 1983 |
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