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 219
... produce , which reduced the market for British tropical produce . In 1714 Boston imported from non - British plantations 1,074 hogs- heads , 55 barrels and 937 tierces of molasses ; 53 hogsheads , 35 barrels and 59 tierces of sugar ; 27 ...
... produce , which reduced the market for British tropical produce . In 1714 Boston imported from non - British plantations 1,074 hogs- heads , 55 barrels and 937 tierces of molasses ; 53 hogsheads , 35 barrels and 59 tierces of sugar ; 27 ...
Page 240
... produce of the soil and industry of the planters , whereas he re- gretted the readiness with which societies of merchants in England bought waste land in the British sugar colonies . Similarly Chalmers compared the British planter ...
... produce of the soil and industry of the planters , whereas he re- gretted the readiness with which societies of merchants in England bought waste land in the British sugar colonies . Similarly Chalmers compared the British planter ...
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... produce , but more produce will be raised , not less labour employed . ' It was the superior value of slaves and the greater fertility of the soil of Trinidad and Guiana which formed the background to this intercolonial slave trade ...
... produce , but more produce will be raised , not less labour employed . ' It was the superior value of slaves and the greater fertility of the soil of Trinidad and Guiana which formed the background to this intercolonial slave trade ...
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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