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    Caribbean Poetry

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    Caribbean Voices : Living a Double life / Dual Identities. Caribbean Poetry is the expression of the constant dualistic nature of the Caribbean identity. Caribbean Poetry exemplifies a unique hybrid made from the voice of the Caribbean experience and its postcolonial English heritage but this creates an inner crisis. The inner crisis of two conflicting cultures that create further conflicting ideas of home and belonging on one hand and growth and fulfilment on the other. But it is also about the

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    Slavery was a system of forced labour implemented by the Europeans in the Caribbean. It was the act by which the Europeans brought Africans to the Caribbean on different ships to work on their plantations against their wills. It started in the 1600’s‚ many slaves committed suicide even before they could reach to the plantations; many of them also fell sick and died. However‚ after many efforts to overthrow the slavery system in 1830’s the enslaved populations on the plantations were eventually freed

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    The Dutch in the Caribbean

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    the Caribbean. The incorporation of the Dutch into the Caribbean during the latter half of the 16th century and early 17th century came on the heels of them seeing the prosperous economic opportunities at the time dominated by the Spanish. In the Caribbean‚ the Dutch concentrated on wrestling from Portugal its grip on the sugar and slave trade through attacks on the Spanish treasure fleets on their homeward bound voyages. Though the prime and most active time for the Dutch in the Caribbean lasted

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    UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTHERN CARIBBEAN MARACAS ROYAL ROAD‚ MARACAS‚ ST. JOSEPH. Research Paper An Assignment Presented in Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements for the Course ENGL215 ENGLISH COMPOSITION II INSTRUCTOR: Mr. Kevin M Holder By Shernelle Cyrus & Ramona Grant 5th July‚ 2012 Approval………………

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    Caribbean Diaspora

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    History Paper on Caribbean Diaspora Decendents of the Caribbean Diaspora are located in the United States‚ Canada‚ United Kingdom and countries that were previously colonial empires. The inhabited islands that are in the Caribbean are not only geographical regions‚ but also regions of the imagination‚ lived cultural experiences and are an interesting study in religious identity as well (Harry:2).” Colonized by European powers from the sixteenth century‚ the Caribbean islands have become a mixture

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    Slavery In The Caribbean

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    Slavery had been going on for hundreds of years in the Caribbean. The European powers dominated and exploited the region for its riches‚ resources‚ and its people and provided an oppressed servile class of Africans to use as a labor resource. The slaves would work on plantations against their will without any regard for their well-being or livelihood. Furthermore‚ as the industry began to develop‚ the Caribbean saw a major decline in slavery partnered with a rise in indentured servitude. This

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    The Caribbean Culture

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    The Caribbean When most people hear ‘Caribbean’ what jumps to mind is colour‚ steel drums‚ good food‚ smoothies‚ beaches‚ laid back attitudes‚ and all we do is party. Hopefully at the end one’s stereotypical thoughts would have changed. Brief History I shall start from the beginning Christopher Columbus did not discover the Caribbean‚ it was already there‚ people inhabited the islands before he ‘discovered the new world’. He died believing that he’d reached the islands southeast of India-Indonesia

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    Caribbean Geology

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    Caribbean Geology The oldest land areas of the modern Caribbean are at the extreme ends of the arc of islands in Cuba and Trinidad. The Greater Antillean islands have all had a somewhat similar geological history but they differ from one another in the distribution‚ form and erosion patterns of the limestones deposited during several phases of submergence and uplift through the Tertiary period and Pleistocene. Apart from sporadic unions between islands now separated by shallow seas‚ as within the

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    Caribbean Countries

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    Name: Belize; formerly known as British Honduras. Location: Belize is bordered on the North by Mexico‚ on the South and West by Guatemala and on the East by the Caribbean Sea. Currency: Population: Since the last census established in July 2008 a total of 301‚270 was recorded. Flag: The coat of arms shows: 1.  A mahogany tree: the first European settlers in Belize became mahogany traders and the mahogany trade was once the economical

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    Question: Using examples from the Caribbean‚ explain how Caribbean people throughout history has responded to oppression. The Caribbean‚ known as a group of islands located in the Caribbean Sea‚ is inhabited by a mixture of people of diverse races‚ cultures‚ personalities and beliefs; the end result of slavery and oppression. According to the Oxford English Dictionary‚ oppression can be defined as “Prolonged cruel or unjust treatment or control; or the state of being

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