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 149
... ships , of 12,294 tons , in the trade . Be- tween 1709 and 1783 , a total of 2,249 ships , of 240,657 tons , sailed from Liverpool to Africa — an annual average of 30 ships and 3,200 tons . The proportion of slave ships to the total ship ...
... ships , of 12,294 tons , in the trade . Be- tween 1709 and 1783 , a total of 2,249 ships , of 240,657 tons , sailed from Liverpool to Africa — an annual average of 30 ships and 3,200 tons . The proportion of slave ships to the total ship ...
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... ships transported 10,003 Negroes . Slave ships constituted about one - fifth of the total shipping of the port . But the slave trade conditioned all others . The slavers brought back sugar and other tropical produce . The number of ...
... ships transported 10,003 Negroes . Slave ships constituted about one - fifth of the total shipping of the port . But the slave trade conditioned all others . The slavers brought back sugar and other tropical produce . The number of ...
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... ships transported 303,737 slaves , whose value was estimated at £ 15,186,850 sterling . From 1795 to 1804 , the Liver- pool slave ships numbered 1,099 ; they transported 323,770 slaves . Thus Liverpool alone transported 627,507 slaves ...
... ships transported 303,737 slaves , whose value was estimated at £ 15,186,850 sterling . From 1795 to 1804 , the Liver- pool slave ships numbered 1,099 ; they transported 323,770 slaves . Thus Liverpool alone transported 627,507 slaves ...
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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