gaining control of islands in the West Indies‚ first Barbados and then Jamaica and less important acquisitions‚ such as Antigua. Matthew Parker’s narrative account of the sugar trade and the formidable families who were behind it‚ in particular the Draxes‚ the Codringtons and William Beckford of Fonthill (pictured) and his forebears‚ is a tumultuous rollercoaster of a book. The wealth that came from sugar was extraordinary. In late 17th-century Barbados‚ the income from a 200-acre (81-hectare) cane plantation
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INTRODUCTION According to Lucille Mathurin Mair in her article entitled “The Rebel Woman in the British West Indies During Slavery”‚ coming from West African‚ enslaved women in the Caribbean developed a gret level of self-respect and confidence. This was due to the fact that many of them held great amount of power and authority in Africa. Being child bearers‚ women were held in high esteem and were an asset to their tribe. Women also held high positions such as Queen Mother in African societies
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Williams‚ age 11‚ and his Barbados slave‚ Tituba and her husband John (Gribben). Gribben wrote about Parris’s daughter and niece spending time alone with the Barbados slave‚ Tituba‚ while unattended by any other adults. Parris trusted the slave for he had known her since he had bought her‚ and she was lazy and petulant. Parris did not see Tituba as a threat and left the girls in her watch many times. As time passed‚ more girls would come and spend time with the Barbados slave. Tituba would tell
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seeds to Jamaica and bred the first fruit But it probably originated as a naturally-occurring hybrid. The hybrid fruit was documented in 1750 by a Welshman‚ Rev. Griffith Hughes‚ who described specimens from Barbados. Currently‚ the grapefruit is said to be one of the "Seven Wonders of Barbados. It was brought to Florida by Count Odette Philippe in 1823 in what is now known as Safety Harbor. Further crosses have produced the tangelo (1905)‚ the Minneola tangelo (1931)‚ and the oroblanco (sweetie)(1984)
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Question: Examine the importance of the slave trade to the development of the plantation economies. The slave trade was vital to the development of plantation economies‚ which could only expand and survive in the West Indies with the use of slave labour. The slave trade brought enslaved Africans from Africa to colonies in the West Indies‚ which had begun to take part in the "sugar Revolution" starting in 1640. The plantation system which essentially is the organization of agriculture on a large
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this established fact. The article‚ ‘Emory University: Biography on Paule Marshall’ posits that the selections included in her novel‚ Brown girl‚ Brownstones is a mature reminiscence and symbolic expansion of her childhood visit to Barbados. In addition to that‚ Marshall admitted having a painful childhood and used writing as a partial escape from the pressures of growing up. Selina’s ‘coming of age’ was first evident in ‘Book One: A Long Day And A Long Night’‚ page four‚ paragraph
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Market (CARICOM) THE HISTORY OF CARICOM: The Caribbean Community (CARICOM)‚ originally the Caribbean Community and Common Market‚ was established by the Treaty of Chaguaramas which came into effect on 1 August 1973. The first four signatories were Barbados‚ Jamaica‚ Guyana and Trinidad & Tobago. CARICOM superseded the 1965–1972 Caribbean Free Trade Association (CARIFTA)‚ which had been organized to provide a continued economic linkage between the English-speaking countries of the Caribbean following
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that new values‚ a sense of mission and purpose and a strong spirit of professionalism‚ are required to accomplish fundamental changes and improvements in the public sector. Moreover‚ the government firmly believes that the high reputation which the Barbados public sector has built up over the years‚ both at home and abroad‚ for standards of impartiality‚ loyalty to the government of the day‚ and integrity‚ has to be maintained. The belief also reinforces the Government’s commitment to a programme of
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Europeans came into contact with the Caribbean after Columbus’s momentous journeys in 1492‚ 1496 and 1498. The desire for expansion and trade led to the settlement of the colonies. The indigenous peoples‚ according to our sources mostly peaceful Tainos and warlike Caribs‚ proved to be unsuitable for slave labour in the newly formed plantations‚ and they were quickly and brutally decimated. The descendants of this once thriving community can now only be found in Guiana and Trinidad. The slave trade
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PSYC 2016: COMMUNICATION PSYCHOLOGY SEMESTER 2 2011 – 2012 Tutor: Mr. Carl King Group Assignment 1 Carl-Anne Bradshaw - #409000685 Lianne Deukett - #408000368 Kavita Singh - #408003485 Introduction Many times we listen to speeches or appeals that play on our emotions or cause us to deeply reflect and analyze ourselves‚ our beliefs and what we perceive as either right or wrong. This is the power behind persuasive speech. According to the University of Pittsburg‚ Persuasive speech
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