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 209
... respect those made in favour of others , and he asked the slaveowner whether the religious precepts against the violation of property were not framed for him as well as for the slave . Admitting that any conclusion with respect to Negro ...
... respect those made in favour of others , and he asked the slaveowner whether the religious precepts against the violation of property were not framed for him as well as for the slave . Admitting that any conclusion with respect to Negro ...
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... respect to the most important by - product , molasses , main- land and British islands were in open competition for the manu- facture of rum . The second factor was that the non - British sugar islands , with an economy similar to that ...
... respect to the most important by - product , molasses , main- land and British islands were in open competition for the manu- facture of rum . The second factor was that the non - British sugar islands , with an economy similar to that ...
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... respect to the first of these points , it has undergone the most deliberate consideration in all its different ... respects much more nearly the same as those of the other West India Colonies than they unquestionably are , the ...
... respect to the first of these points , it has undergone the most deliberate consideration in all its different ... respects much more nearly the same as those of the other West India Colonies than they unquestionably are , 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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