From Columbus to Castro: The History of the Caribbean 1492-1969The first of its kind, From Columbus to Castro is a definitive work about a profoundly important but neglected and misrepresented area of the world. Quite simply it's about millions of 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. |
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Page 42
... King's command , in small numbers . Thus seventeen were sent in 1505 to work in the copper mines of Hispaniola , and a few months later the King promised to send a hundred . In 1510 , an order for fifty slaves was issued . The Negroes ...
... King's command , in small numbers . Thus seventeen were sent in 1505 to work in the copper mines of Hispaniola , and a few months later the King promised to send a hundred . In 1510 , an order for fifty slaves was issued . The Negroes ...
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... King Philip ' , said someone in Europe , ' as never happened to him since he was king of Spain . ' The danger was obvious . The Spanish Ambassador to England urged his King to issue orders ' that no foreign ship should be spared in ...
... King Philip ' , said someone in Europe , ' as never happened to him since he was king of Spain . ' The danger was obvious . The Spanish Ambassador to England urged his King to issue orders ' that no foreign ship should be spared in ...
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... King and the Company ! " ' The French West Indies got both King and Company . The British West Indies got the King only . But the latter had another decisive advantage over the former . To secure the support of the planters in Barbados ...
... King and the Company ! " ' The French West Indies got both King and Company . The British West Indies got the King only . But the latter had another decisive advantage over the former . To secure the support of the planters in Barbados ...
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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