Caribbean Monk Seal

The slave trade was a critical part of the productiveness of Saint-Domingue. The slave owners were often cruel and abusive to what they believed to be their property. The captured people were forced to abandon their religion, generally Voodoo, and were baptized with the religion that their owners practiced, Roman Catholic. The colonial system viewed Voodoo traditions and customs as a threat causing the practice of the religion to be forbidden (Gunyup 1). At the time, the majority of people…

The trans-Atlantic slave trade was a very important and vital part in the history of the world. This trade route was so significant that it lasted for three centuries, beginning in 1550 AD and going until 1850 AD. The slave trade was the exchange of African slaves for certain products such as tobacco, gold, and many other different objects that were crucial in the countries that were affiliated. This slave trade changed certain things about the world in many ways, and everyone was greatly…

Cuba is the largest country in the Caribbean region. Cuba is not advanced as it ought to be in 2014. Cuba’s land area is 42,803 square miles, 110,860 square kilometers. Cuba’s main land lies south of Florida in the Caribbean Sea by the Gulf of Mexico. Cuba has a lot of bays, beaches, and harbors. Cuban culture reflects on its Spanish colonial past and African influences. United Sates won the Spanish American War in 1898 the Cuban people were poverty or got rich. As some can see Cuba is not as…

Growing up in Jamaica was not what some may think as ideal, it has been described as a Third World Country, but to me, it was just home. Third world indeed, poor, violent at times; a contradiction, with its sandy beaches, clear blue skies, delectable food, feel good music, and some of the hardest working people one can ever have the pleasure of meeting, who refused to stay where life may have placed them, but strived to climb above those circumstances and attempt to carve out a life…

The migration of Caribbean/Afro-Cuban music to the USA took place in the 20th century when a large arrival of Puerto Ricans and Caribbean islanders went to New York City and by 1960 the number of Puerto Ricans and people from the Caribbean totaled about 1.5 million due to the level of Caribbean immigration picked up after the United States entered World War II in 1941. Almost 50,000 Caribbean’s both black and white settled in the country between 1941 and 1950. They took advantage of the rapidly…

“Out of many, one people” the national Jamaican Coat of Arms. Once used to represent peace and cultural unity between English settlers and Taino Indians. I’ve always glanced over this simple ANCIENT quote inside of practically every restaurant, hotel, and house on the tiny island. Never taking the time to fully comprehended the meaningfulness of these five straightforward words. I believe it’s been preserved over many decades because the message is still needed. It is to love one another while…

The Atlantic slave trade was damaging to the African slaves in numerous ways. The slaves were treated barbarously. They were beaten, branded, and delivered in chains. The Europeans inflicted ghastly wounds on the African slaves. The slaves were worked to the point of death and given little to no food (Berkin 93). On slave ships, they were tortured, whipped, and sacrificed (Oates 37). Many of the slaves died from diseases, suicide, and mutiny before even reaching the Americas (Berkin 93).…

The Triangular Slave Trade with life on the slave ships for Africans was very ruff, poor and unhealthy for them to survive. The slave ships had little space with specifically, which was 1.3ft wide and 20 to 25 inches of headspace. Just imagining the discomfort of the bodies, all the aches and pains that they had to experience especially with being chained and tied together. Their times on the ships would last from three to six months depending where the path would lead from the wind currents.…

skilled workers controlled the less skilled worker. The strong and power powerful tribes abused and worked the weaker less powerful tribes. The Africans were responsible for selling Africans into slavery. Slavery began in stages as it began to grow ships full of Africans were sold in the Atlantic slave trade. Slavery was successful because it was a goldmine specifically for the south’s economy. The Economics of Slavery In the 17th and 18th century, slavery was practiced across the English…

From Columbus’ discovery of the Americas to about 1800, colonization by the Spanish and Portuguese redesigned the trade and social systems. Industry had both positive and negative effects within Latin America, its imperial powers of Spain and Portugal, and the African slave trading system. Although the sugar industry jumpstarted the economy of Latin America and helped to set up the system of global relations that we have today, it left the region at a disadvantage in trade and had lasting…