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
... four thou- sand slaves into the Caribbean colonies in four years . According to Las Casas , thirty thousand were imported into Hispaniola alone by 1540 , and more than a hundred thousand into all the Spanish dominions . Prices tended to ...
... four thou- sand slaves into the Caribbean colonies in four years . According to Las Casas , thirty thousand were imported into Hispaniola alone by 1540 , and more than a hundred thousand into all the Spanish dominions . Prices tended to ...
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... four sugar colonies . ' Four departments of France in that year , with 457 beet factories ( four - fifths of the French total ) producing 32 million kilogrammes of beet sugar ( two - thirds of French production ) counted 2,800,000 ...
... four sugar colonies . ' Four departments of France in that year , with 457 beet factories ( four - fifths of the French total ) producing 32 million kilogrammes of beet sugar ( two - thirds of French production ) counted 2,800,000 ...
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... four acres of sweet potatoes , yams , or white potatoes , about five acres of coffee , about six acres of dried beans , about nine acres of pigeon peas or rice , about twenty - one and a half acres of corn . They argued that the single ...
... four acres of sweet potatoes , yams , or white potatoes , about five acres of coffee , about six acres of dried beans , about nine acres of pigeon peas or rice , about twenty - one and a half acres of corn . They argued that the single ...
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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