Learn about the rich and complex history of the Caribbean, from indigenous civilizations to colonialism, slavery, and independence. Explore the cultural, economic, and political changes that shaped the region and its people.
While many people know that Christopher Columbus "discovered" the Caribbean, what most folks don't know is that the Caribbean Islands had a storied history well before Columbus' arrival. In fact, the first people to live on the Caribbean Islands in about 5000 B.C. were tribes of people called the Arawaks and Caribs.
The Dutch Caribbean refers to countries like Aruba and Curacao. Suriname is also a major Dutch territory in the region, but like Guyana, it is located in South America. The early Dutch colonisers in the Caribbean during the 17th century were more interested in trade and created commercial bases to trade with other European settlers in the region.
Of the five largest islands in the Caribbean, all of which were Spanish in the 16th century, Jamaica has been lost to Britain in 1655. Trinidad has been ceded to Britain by the treaty of Amiens in 1802. And both halves of Hispaniola have now claimed their independence. But the largest island of all, Cuba, is Spanish. So is Puerto Rico.
The history of the British Caribbean is explored in this exhibition through government documents, photographs and maps dating from the 17th century to the 1920s and discovered during a cataloguing project at The National Archives of the United Kingdom. (source:website) Organizations.
A Concise History of the Caribbean presents a general history of the Caribbean islands from the beginning of human settlement about seven thousand years ago to the present. It narrates processes of early human migration, the disastrous consequences of European colonization, the development of slavery and the slave trade, the extraordinary ...
The General History of the Caribbean is part of UNESCO’s General and Regional Histories Collection. The publication seeks to contribute to mutual understanding and dialogue between cultures and civilizations. This series seeks to illustrate the encounters between cultures across history and their respective contributions to the general progress of humankind.
Castro: The History of the Caribbean, 1492-1969 (1970, pp. 69, 11) “Its historical trajectory permanently impressed by the twin experiences of colonialism and slavery, the Caribbean has produced an unusual collection of societies with a population mélange that is different from any other region in the world.
Caribbean History. At the crossroads between North and South, the Caribbean islands have been fertile ground for international competition and cultural diversity. Learn about the history of the Caribbean islands from the ancient world through the colonial era and to the present day.
The Caribbean: A History of the Region, Ch.35. Caribbean History Reader. Ch. 15. Killingray. “The West Indian Federation and Decolonization in the British Caribbean,” The Journal of Caribbean History 34.1-2 (2000): 71-87. Document: Country Reports due Dec. 8 to DropBox; Week 15: [12/9 & 12/11] Caribbean Migrations and Diasporic Communities
An armed uprising against Spanish rule takes place in the town of Lares in Puerto Rico, becoming known as the Grito de Lares ('Cry of Lares')
The Caribbean stage -- Geographies of opportunity, geographies of constraint / David Barker -- Contemporary Caribbean ecologies: the weight of history / Duncan McGregor -- The earliest settlers / Antonio Curet -- Old world precedents: sugar and slavery in the Mediterranean / William D. Phillips Jr -- The making of a colonial sphere -- The ...
A comprehensive and accessible overview of the Caribbean islands from ancient times to the present, covering human migration, colonization, slavery, revolution, and diaspora. Written by a leading historian and scholar, this book provides a lively and informative narrative of the region's history and culture.
The Haitian Revolution (1791-1804) was a landmark event in Caribbean history. It led to the abolition of slavery in the French colony of Saint-Domingue and the establishment of Haiti as the first independent black republic. The revolution was a symbol of resistance against colonialism and slavery, inspiring other enslaved people and ...
The Caribbean post-colonial: Social equality, post-nationalism, and cultural hybridity. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. Rogozinski, Jan 1999. A brief history of the Caribbean: From the Arawak and the Carib to the present, revised edition. New York: Facts On File. Schulz, Donald E., and Douglas H. Graham, editors 1984.
The Caribbean is an incredibly complex region, with a unique history that must be understood in its own terms. Yet the Caribbean also played a pivotal role in world history, including the distribution of world human and non-human populations; the development of imperialism and
The history of the Caribbean reveals the region's significant role in the colonial struggles of the European powers since the 15th century. In the modern era, it remains strategically and economically important. In 1492, Christopher Columbus landed in the Caribbean and claimed the region for Spain. The following year, the first Spanish settlements were established in the Caribbean.
NHM's scientist discovers that sebicids, ancient land-dwelling crocodile-like beasts, reigned over the West Indies as apex predators after vanishing from South America Story on a new paper by Dr. Jorge Velez-Juarbe on the first definitive discovery of sebecids in the ancient Caribbean. These land-dwelling, crocodile-like predators are the first apex predator of the islands, and their discovery ...
