From Columbus to Castro: The History of the Caribbean, 1492-1969Dr. William's purpose, as he explains in his foreword, is twofold: to set the record straight by collating all existing knowledge of the Caribbean in realtion to the rest of the world, and to provide, through greater awareness of its heritage of exploitation and neglect, a sure foundation for the economic integration of the region to which, as a statesman, he is firmly committed. |
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... Spaniards recognised , did not grow on trees . They needed labour . The discoverer of gold and the introducer of sugar tried also to provide the solution to the labour problem . On his very first encounter with the Indians , on October ...
... Spaniards recognised , did not grow on trees . They needed labour . The discoverer of gold and the introducer of sugar tried also to provide the solution to the labour problem . On his very first encounter with the Indians , on October ...
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... Spaniards . But he advanced an equally superstitious explanation - that the Spaniards had wilfully con- cealed some secret in its cultivation from the slaves , ' lest it might teach them to set up for themselves , by being able to ...
... Spaniards . But he advanced an equally superstitious explanation - that the Spaniards had wilfully con- cealed some secret in its cultivation from the slaves , ' lest it might teach them to set up for themselves , by being able to ...
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... Spaniards ; that if they did not supply slaves , the Dutch would ; and that the slaves were used by the Spaniards not to produce commodities which competed with those of the British West Indies , but in the silver mines and in domestic ...
... Spaniards ; that if they did not supply slaves , the Dutch would ; and that the slaves were used by the Spaniards not to produce commodities which competed with those of the British West Indies , but in the silver mines and in domestic ...
Contents
Introduction 10 | 10 |
Westward Ho | 13 |
Christopher Columbus and the Discovery of the West Indies | 18 |
Copyright | |
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