Some of the African slaves were brought to the islands to work the land for the natural resources such as sugar, lime, coal, and nickel. As …show more content…
The point that I want to demonstrate is that the Caribbean islands are mostly if not all composed of individuals that are of African descent. Due to the account of how the islands were populated. I feel as though once the islands were of very little use to the Europeans, they left the islands and left the slaves behind to fend for themselves not caring if they strived or not. I believe that this mentality is still present today in social issues that are present in and on the Caribbean