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
... hundred were to go to Hispaniola , five hundred to Puerto Rico , and three hundred each to Cuba and Jamaica . In 1528 Cuba requested a further seven hundred . In the same year a contract was signed with two Germans for the importation ...
... hundred were to go to Hispaniola , five hundred to Puerto Rico , and three hundred each to Cuba and Jamaica . In 1528 Cuba requested a further seven hundred . In the same year a contract was signed with two Germans for the importation ...
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... hundred- weight cheaper . Adding the 4 per cent duty which all British sugar exports had to pay , it was possible to deliver French sugar in the Northern colonies at six or seven shillings per hundred- weight cheaper than English sugar ...
... hundred- weight cheaper . Adding the 4 per cent duty which all British sugar exports had to pay , it was possible to deliver French sugar in the Northern colonies at six or seven shillings per hundred- weight cheaper than English sugar ...
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... hundred slaves had died in Antigua , and about four hundred in Nevis . Between March and September , 1778 , over three hundred whites fled from St. Kitts to escape court action for the recovery of debts . Barbados suffered severely from ...
... hundred slaves had died in Antigua , and about four hundred in Nevis . Between March and September , 1778 , over three hundred whites fled from St. Kitts to escape court action for the recovery of debts . Barbados suffered severely from ...
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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