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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... trade from 1773 had gone bankrupt . Slave trading , like sugar production , had its casualties . A slave trader in 1754 , as his supreme defence of the slave trade , had adumbrated that ' from this trade proceed 154 From Columbus to Castro.
... trade from 1773 had gone bankrupt . Slave trading , like sugar production , had its casualties . A slave trader in 1754 , as his supreme defence of the slave trade , had adumbrated that ' from this trade proceed 154 From Columbus to Castro.
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... Slavery Society in England and the Amis des Noirs in France were beginning to agitate against the slave trade , and when the Negroes in Saint - Domingue were about to begin their struggle against slavery . Cuba , in 1789 , was thus ...
... Slavery Society in England and the Amis des Noirs in France were beginning to agitate against the slave trade , and when the Negroes in Saint - Domingue were about to begin their struggle against slavery . Cuba , in 1789 , was thus ...
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... Slavery and Commerce of the Human Species , London , 1786 T. Clarkson , Essay on the Impolicy of the African Slave Trade , London , 1788 T. Clarkson , History of the Rise , Progress and Accomplishment of the Abolition of the Slave Trade ...
... Slavery and Commerce of the Human Species , London , 1786 T. Clarkson , Essay on the Impolicy of the African Slave Trade , London , 1788 T. Clarkson , History of the Rise , Progress and Accomplishment of the Abolition of the Slave Trade ...
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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