Leeba Freund Mrs. Cohen Jewish History December 17‚ 2010 Sephardic Jewish Pirates & the Caribbean Connection If you plan on touring the island of Jamaica‚ you may be interested in visiting the oldest Jewish cemetery‚ Hunt’s Bay cemetery‚ near Kingston. Kingston has a Jewish community dating back to the 1600s. What you will find in this cemetery may astonish you: typical Jewish gravestones with a Hebrew inscription. But that is not the unusual part; in the corner of some gravestones
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The economic challenges facing the Caribbean The Caribbean is far from immune from the global economic crisis. Although many Governments initially thought themselves safe from its effects it has become apparent that every nation will see: • Falling remittances from nationals overseas; • A significant decline in tourism/visitor arrivals (forecast by some governments to be down by between 30 and 40 per cent for the year); • volatile exchange rates and in particular the a fall in income
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technology‚ in context of the statement‚ refers to machines that are not indigenous to the Caribbean. These machines allow little or no manual effort used in order to complete tasks. The moot suggests that‚ these technologies have advanced Caribbean economies only a little bit. Imported technology has not marginally improved Caribbean economies. It has immensely improved economies of the Caribbean. Many Caribbean islands depend on tourism as an industry‚ and technology plays and integral role in boosting
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Women In Caribbean History: Assignment ‘Natural Rebels.’ How appropriate in this description when applied to enslave Caribbean women? The years of slavery have been living hell for both enslaved men and women‚ from the day it begun to its end. They worked under the same conditions‚ received the same punishment and also rebelled in the same ways most of the time. The women‚ however‚ had some unique ways of rebelling against slavery provided by their difference in gender and allocation
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THE POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF INDENTURESHIP ON THE BRITISH CARIBBEAN BETWEEN THE PERIOD OF 1838 AND 1921 According to readings in the Caribbean Studies‚ indentureship is a contract labor system in which the workers were waged to work in the Caribbean. These indentured workers had to sign a contract for their employer ensuring that they will work for them for a period of time usually 3-5 years. They were punished if the contract was breached and received three benefits at the end of their contract
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What is Peasantry? Peasant farming is described as small-scale farming for subsistence as well as for cash sale in the market. Initially‚ small farmers in the British West Indies produced crops for domestic use as well as for sale in the market. However‚ after 1860 these farmers began to export their crop. Reasons for the development of alternative crops 1. After 1834‚ small-scale agriculture grew out of the free-village movement as free blacks were determined to leave the sugar estate. Ex-slaves
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Contextual View of the Caribbean Court of Justice 4 The CSME and CCJ Connection 6 Funding and Integration 8 Two Significant Cases 9 Appendix 3 INTRODUCTION It is said that within the economic sphere‚ the Caribbean is caught between two worlds. The old world of trade preferences‚ concessional flows of financial resources to the region‚ domestic protectionism‚ state dominated‚ and over-regulated economic activity is vanishing or is already gone. The new Caribbean economy has now become
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thus did not need to import as many slaves. Others‚ such as in the Caribbean‚ had to continually import new slaves as the death rate always exceeded the birth rate. Culture: There was not a sense of unity throughout Africa‚ therefore various African groups captured their enemies and sold them into slavery. Slaves formed bands with drums and tambourines‚ in an attempt to retain their cultural traditions‚
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The integration movement in the Caribbean has been envisioned in days as far back as the West Indian Federation (the original CARICOM) where diverse Caribbean states joined with the intention of creating a political unit that would become independent from Britain as a single state‚ much like the successful Canadian Federation. This short-lived attempt at regional integration unfortunately collapsed before any real development could be made. The reincarnation of this motion‚ however‚ occurred in 1973
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The natural disasters that are typically experienced in the Caribbean can have catastrophic and devastating impacts on the environment‚ economic development and social structure of these islands. Severe damage to the built infrastructure that has supported communities on Caribbean islands for decades can place a huge strain on economic activity. The social impacts that are experienced following natural disasters consist of homelessness‚ injury‚ suffering‚ sickness‚ disease‚ and even death. This paper
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