Arawak

before, during, and after the British empire had ruled and how indigenous systems have changed since the island won its independence from the British. The Arawak were the earliest know people on St. Lucia. It is believed that the Arawak had travelled to St. Lucia, by boat, from South America somewhere between 200-400 AD (iexplore.com). The Arawak had lived on the island until the Caribs started to take over the island around 800…

On October 12, 1492, Spanish explorer Christopher Columbus landed on a small island near the Caribbean, which he later named San Salvador. There, he was greeted by a group of indigenous people history now calls Arawaks. The Arawaks greeted Christopher Columbus with open arms and bore gifts. This day is now called Columbus Day. Columbus Day is celebrated as the day Columbus founded the Americas and opened the door for the settlement of America to Europeans. However, the true story behind how…

other views on Columbus and what happened once Europeans landed in the Americas began to be heard. Native Americans, people descended from enslaved Africans, and others made the case that Columbus, who immediately enslaved some of the Native American Arawaks he met, brought only colonialism, conquest, and death to the Americas.” This means that when Columbus acquired full or political control over the Americas, after he had thought he found Asia, he enslaved the…

Columbus Day: Should We? The issue of whether the United States should continue to celebrate Columbus Day or not has been a topic of interest for quite some time. To some people Columbus Day is a ridiculous day on which we glorify genocide of the Arawak Indians while to others it is considered a day of great importance and a celebration of an honorable man in history. Columbus Day is actually the latter description, but to prove this an agreeable definition is needed. What exactly is an…

In the biography Tituba Reluctant: Witch of Salem, Elaine G. Breslaw focuses on telling the narrative of Tituba an American Indian slave accused of witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts, in 1692 and connecting her confessions to the fear of a diabolical conspiracy among the Puritan society. The author, Elaine G. Breslaw, graduated with a BA in History from Hunter College, received an MA in History from the same college, and completed graduate work with a Ph. D. from the University of Maryland. She…

A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn conveys history as told in the preceptive of slaves, revolutionaries,women, and lower class men. It starts with Christopher Columbus finding the Caribbean and ends with the 2000 and terrorism. A People’s History of the United States starts by talking about Christopher Columbus arriving at the Caribbean and meeting the native people,the Arawak.Often portrayed as an enlightened leader and a friend,Zinn portrayed him as conquerers who only…

colonization to the slave laws enforced having an impact on slaves’ attitudes for rebelling. The Arawak’s Overthrow In the mists of the Caribbean islands lies Jamaica, discovered by Christopher Columbus in 1494. He encountered initial resistance from the Arawak natives, also known as Tainos. This tribe viewed the Spaniards as gods, when in reality they exploited their land for greed of natural resources and destroyed their race. Clinton Black revealed this brutality , “Settlers frequently…

European countries kept Africans, Arawaks, Caribs, and East Indian enslaved because of the belief that the Europeans culture, customs and ethics were superior. In 1881, when the British authorities and the police tried to stop the emancipated slaves Carnival celebrations of sticks and lighted…

Christopher Columbus, the island of Hispaniola was originally inhabited by the Taíno Arawak people. Ayiti, which means “mountainous land,” is a name used by its early inhabitants; the Taino-Arawak people, who also called it Bohio, which denotes “rich villages,” and Quisqueya, which signifies “high land.” The said Taínos were South American Arawaks, with Taíno meaning “the good” or “noble” in their language. Many of the Taíno-Arawak people are extinct but, there are a few survivors that are mixed…

Another motive for setting sail on his voyage was that Columbus desired the conversion of Christianity over non-religious cultures. He encountered the Taíno, who where the first Native Americans he was in contact with. They were part of the Arawak language group, and their world was stretched a thousand miles across the islands of the Caribbean. His immediate thought was that they had no religion, so it would take no effort in converting them to Christianity. Columbus saw the Taíno as a way to…