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Daily lives of caribbean people under colonialism
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Daily life of a Planter in Surinam
- The 23 octobre 2013 00h00
John Gabriel StedmanFrom: John Gabriel Stedman's Narrative of a Five Years Expedition Against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam. Newly Transcribed from the Original 1790 Manuscript, Edited, and with an Introduction and Notes, by Richard and Sally Price. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. 1988, pp. 363-366. John Gabriel Stedman (1744-1797), Scottish soldier and adventurer, fought against rebel slave......
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The Chinese in the Caribbean during the colonial era
- The 23 octobre 2013 00h00
The study of ethnic minority groups in the Caribbean region is an area that is ripe for exploration. This paper will outline the rationale behind Chinese immigration, the indentureship scheme itself and then attempt to succinctly explore select areas of the daily lives of the Chinese in the Caribbean. There were two main waves of Chinese migration to the Caribbean region. The first wave of Chinese consiste......
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Maroons’ Daily Life under Colonialism
- The 23 octobre 2013 00h00
Maroons throughout the Caribbean built their communities in a state of war, constantly on the lookout for colonial troops, militias, and bounty-hunting slave catchers. In some cases, particularly on small islands, such communities appeared and disappeared with regularity until general emancipation. In others, such as Jamaica or in the mainland colony of Suriname, they managed to survive and flourish and, e......
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THE EXPERIENCE OF INDIAN INDENTURE IN TRINIDAD: LIVING CONDITIONS ON THE ESTATES
- The 23 octobre 2013 00h00
Throughout the entire span of the Indian indenture system in Trinidad (1845-1917), the living conditions on any given estate were hardly agreeable; and many times extremely sub-human. On the estates, Indians were assigned barrack-type quarters; many times the same barracks used to house the formerly enslaved Africans. Each room of the barrack building measured 10 feet square and 8 to 10 feet high and the p......