Successive waves of Arawak migrants‚ moving northward from the Orinoco delta in South America‚ settled the islands of the Caribbean. Around AD 600‚ the Taíno Indians‚ an Arawak culture‚ arrived on the island‚ displacing the previous inhabitants. They were organized into cacicazgos (chiefdoms)‚ each led by a cacique (chief). The final Arawak migrants‚ the Caribs‚ began moving up the Lesser Antilles in the 12th century‚ and were raiding Taíno villages on the island’s eastern coast by the late sixteenth
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communities were made from the escaped enslaved Africans and they were called maroon communities. The etymology of maroon communities is Spanish. In Spanish‚ the word “maroon” is “cimarrones” means wild or untamed. “These societies ranged from small bands that survived less than a year to powerful states encompassing thousands of members and surviving for generations and even centuries.” (Price‚1). Many of the maroon communities were established by men‚ who would thrive off raids to sustain life
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the coast of West African. Others mutinied on board slave trading vessels‚ or cast themselves into the ocean‚ rather facing death than enslavement. In the New World there were those who ran away from their owners‚ ran away among the Indians‚ formed maroon societies‚ revolted‚ feigned sickness‚ or participated in work slow downs. Some sought and succeeded in gaining liberty through various legal means such as "good service" to their masters‚ self-purchase‚ or military service. Still others seemingly
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SCHOOL BASED ASSESSMENT RESEARCH PROJECT Caribbean History Caribbean Economy and Slavery Several West African Societies were well organized and quite prosperous before the coming of the Europeans. Since the time of the slave trade many theories point out that Africa is the cradle of civilization‚ it is the birth place of the human race. We should never believe the Eurocentric view that Africa was a dark continent inhabited by uncivilized savages pretending to be humans. False and negative
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Name: Charis H. R. Seejattan Course: FOUN 1011 Caribbean Civilization Assignment: Book Report “Beyond Massa” by John F. Campbell John F. Campbell‚ Ph.D.‚ author of the book “Beyond Massa: Sugar Management in the British Caribbean‚ 1770-1834” has been a lecturer in the Department of History at the University of the West Indies since 2001. Having earned his Bachelor of Arts degree and Master of Philosophy (majoring in History) at the St. Augustine campus‚ as well as his second Master of Philosophy
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John Agard’s ‘Checking out me history’ is written in dialectical non-standard English‚ where he has tried to input the natural sounds and phrases of a Caribbean dialect. This is important because one of the major themes of the poem is that of his personal identity; this use of language really highlights his different background and puts emphasis on his differences. His use of repetition‚ especially of the phrase “dem tell me” gives a sense of repetition and exaggerates the amount of things he was
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books.google.com/books?isbn=1305156188 J. Leach‚ Ronald Melicher - 2014 - Business & Economics MINICASE. R.K.. Maroon. Company. R.K. Maroon (RKM) is a seed-stage‚ ... 3) $100 million venture value with a one-time initial $2 million in venture financing. Mini Case R.K Maroon - College Essays - Jerome74300 www.studymode.com/course.../Mini-Case-r-k-Maroon-46043691.html R.K. Maroon is a seed-stage web-oriented entertainment company with important ... venture value with a one-time initial $2‚000
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New World provided the accepted a seven year contract. Nevertheless‚ when the supply of English indentured servants began to become scarce in the 1660s‚ Chesapeake planters turned to Africans. They began to import already enslaved Africans from Caribbean sugar islands and then to purchase slaves directly from Africa. Due to this African population in Virginia started to grow. Spain‚ France‚ the Dutch‚ and English were in
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became known as Maroons(Sumnall 311). The Maroons fought past the British and started communities in the mountains and forests(Sumnall 311). Maroons hunted‚ developed land‚ made herbal medicine‚ and got married to each other(Jamaica EB). Maroons maintained African Culture(Jamaican History CW). The Maroons frequently attacked the British. The British started sitting back to back on their mules because they could never be sure when an attack would present itself(Sheehan 26). The Maroons had a female
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Europeans‚ Indians and Africans into the Caribbean. Information is provided about their reasons for migration‚ working conditions and their effects on the Caribbean. Slavery was the initial labour system used by Europeans on their plantations in the Caribbean. It was implemented in the 1600s‚ the Europeans forcefully took people from the African continent to the Caribbean on various trips. The path in which the slaves were carried between Africa and the Caribbean is now known to historians as the triangular
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