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What time did the Europeans came to the Caribbean?
The islands of the Caribbean were discovered by the Italian explorer Christopher Columbus, working for the then Spanish monarchy. In 1492 he made a first landing on Hispaniola and claimed it for the Spanish crown as he did on Cuba.
Where did slaves in the Caribbean come from?
In the mid 16th century, enslaved people were trafficked from Africa to the Caribbean by European mercantilists. Originally, white European indentured servants worked alongside enslaved African people in the “New World” (the Americas).
When did the Africans arrive in Trinidad?
In 1606, four hundred and seventy (470) enslaved Africans were brought to Trinidad by Dutch slaver Isaac Duverne. This was the first recorded instance of enslaved Africans being brought to the island.
Why did African slaves come to Trinidad?
In Trinidad, the majority of Africans came under Spanish rule after the Cedula of Population of 1783 was granted to encourage migration of French Catholic planters and their enslaved, to establish plantations. Other enslaved Africans came increasingly from west Africa under British rule.
How did Africans get brought to the Caribbean?
Africans were forcibly brought to British owned colonies in the Caribbean and sold as slaves to work on plantations. Those engaged in the trade were driven by the huge financial gain to be made, both in the Caribbean and at home in Britain.
When did the first Africans come to Jamaica?
Up until the early 1690s Jamaica’s population was relatively equally mixed between white and black. (Senior, 2003, p. 446). The first Africans to arrive came in 1513 from the Iberian Peninsula after having been taken from West Africa by the Spanish and the Portuguese.
Where was the slave trade in the Caribbean?
Slavery and negotiating freedom. More images below. Between 1662 and 1807 Britain shipped 3.1 million Africans across the Atlantic Ocean in the Transatlantic Slave Trade. Africans were forcibly brought to British owned colonies in the Caribbean and sold as slaves to work on plantations.
When did the first people arrive in the Caribbean?
Ceramic Age communities manufactured ceramic and made use of small-scale agriculture. With the exception of Trinidad the first Caribbean islands were settled between 3500 and 3000 BCE, during the Archaic Age.