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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... abolition . The House of Lords , the stronghold of the absentee planters and the slave traders , exercised an effective brake on the abolition movement . The Earl of Westmoreland reminded his peers that it was to the slave trade that ...
... abolition . The House of Lords , the stronghold of the absentee planters and the slave traders , exercised an effective brake on the abolition movement . The Earl of Westmoreland reminded his peers that it was to the slave trade that ...
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... abolition by Britain was not only no longer necessary ; it was madness . In 1792 , before the beginning of the war with France . Wilber- force recorded ominously in his diary : ' Pitt threw out against slave motion on St. Domingo ...
... abolition by Britain was not only no longer necessary ; it was madness . In 1792 , before the beginning of the war with France . Wilber- force recorded ominously in his diary : ' Pitt threw out against slave motion on St. Domingo ...
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... abolition was entertained . The planters claimed that the proposal for abolition was cal- culated to excite the minds of the slaves . In 1788 , before the revolution in Saint - Domingue , the agent for Jamaica asked ' whether it is most ...
... abolition was entertained . The planters claimed that the proposal for abolition was cal- culated to excite the minds of the slaves . In 1788 , before the revolution in Saint - Domingue , the agent for Jamaica asked ' whether it is most ...
Contents
Introduction 10 | 10 |
Westward Ho | 13 |
Christopher Columbus and the Discovery of the West Indies | 18 |
Copyright | |
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