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 181
... planters stated that the Navigation Acts were the work of merchants . The interests of planters and merchants in the colonies were already divergent . The four and a half per cent duty , higher duties on refined sugar , higher duties on ...
... planters stated that the Navigation Acts were the work of merchants . The interests of planters and merchants in the colonies were already divergent . The four and a half per cent duty , higher duties on refined sugar , higher duties on ...
Page 182
... 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 Spanish plantations and ...
... 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 Spanish plantations and ...
Page 324
... planters ' deputation in 1833 , earnestly recommended the planters not to give way to angry feelings or to discuss the subject of slavery on occasions obviously objectionable . But the planters showed little restraint . In one instance ...
... planters ' deputation in 1833 , earnestly recommended the planters not to give way to angry feelings or to discuss the subject of slavery on occasions obviously objectionable . But the planters showed little restraint . In one instance ...
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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