From Columbus to Castro: The History of the Caribbean 1492-1969From Columbus to Castro: The History of the Caribbean is about 30 million people scattered across an arc of islands -- Jamaica, Haiti, Barbados, Antigua, Martinique, Trinidad, among others-separated by the languages and cultures of their colonizers, but joined together, nevertheless, by a common heritage. For whether French, English, Dutch, Spanish, Danish, or-latterly-American, the nationality of their masters has made only a notional difference to the peoples of the Caribbean. The history of the Caribbean is dominated by the history of sugar, which is inseparable from the history of slavery; which was inseparable, until recently, from the systematic degradation of labor in the region. Here, for the first time, is a definitive work about a profoundly important but neglected and misrepresented area of the world. |
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Page 63
... Governor of Cuba was forced to bow to the demand for a municipal council elected by the settlers . It was the practice of the governor or his deputy to be present at sessions of the council . In 1525 the Council of Santiago de Cuba ...
... Governor of Cuba was forced to bow to the demand for a municipal council elected by the settlers . It was the practice of the governor or his deputy to be present at sessions of the council . In 1525 the Council of Santiago de Cuba ...
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... Governor , Council and Assembly , the laws lasting only for two years unless confirmed by the Crown . The planters argued , ' the governor , being the representative of the crown , his act should bind the crown , and the operation of ...
... Governor , Council and Assembly , the laws lasting only for two years unless confirmed by the Crown . The planters argued , ' the governor , being the representative of the crown , his act should bind the crown , and the operation of ...
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... Governor of Jamaica corroborated this point of view . He wrote : " There is no doubt that there would be those short ... Governor's opinion , the slaves were collectively well- disposed , and the planters ' meetings and resolutions were ...
... Governor of Jamaica corroborated this point of view . He wrote : " There is no doubt that there would be those short ... Governor's opinion , the slaves were collectively well- disposed , and the planters ' meetings and resolutions were ...
Contents
Introduction | 10 |
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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