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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... plantations , which employed 25,000 slaves , out of the total of 37,000 in the island . The total capitalisation of the sugar industry was estimated at two million pounds sterling , or about £ 6,600 each plantation ; slightly more than ...
... plantations , which employed 25,000 slaves , out of the total of 37,000 in the island . The total capitalisation of the sugar industry was estimated at two million pounds sterling , or about £ 6,600 each plantation ; slightly more than ...
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... plantations . In 1667 the planters of Barbados protested . They claimed that the British slave traders either left the British plantations ill - supplied with slaves , or charged excessive prices for those they supplied , ' whereby the ...
... plantations . In 1667 the planters of Barbados protested . They claimed that the British slave traders either left the British plantations ill - supplied with slaves , or charged excessive prices for those they supplied , ' whereby the ...
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... plantations in Trinidad utilising indentured labour , only on ten did the percentage of indentured immigrants earning less than sixpence a day fall below the 15 per cent required by the law ; seven of these were cocoa plantations . The ...
... plantations in Trinidad utilising indentured labour , only on ten did the percentage of indentured immigrants earning less than sixpence a day fall below the 15 per cent required by the law ; seven of these were cocoa plantations . The ...
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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