Early Caribbean Slave Revolts, Rebellions, and Conspiracies
Caribbean slave owners kept careful watch for suspected slave rebellions and thwarted most very quickly, but the Coromantees and Maroons kept trying.
The Caribbean islands...
The Slave Trade: Slave Ship Voyages to the West Indies
Before the Middle Passage to the West Indies, the typical slave ship spent up to a year off the coast of Africa collecting slaves.
A...
Barbados: Indentured Servants to African Slavery
The first plantation-based society in the Caribbean, Barbados set the example for slave-based monoculture by moving from indentured servants to slave labor.
Plantation societies require...
John Newton: Sailor to Slave Ship Captain
The man who wrote the hymn "Amazing Grace" led a colorful life before penning his famous hymn lyrics.
Perhaps the best-known slave-ship captain in history...
Irish Catholics Indentured in Colonial Barbados
Irish Catholics and Scots "Barbadosed" by Oliver Cromwell did not fare well as indentured servants.
With both religious and political origins, Oliver Cromwell’s invasion of...
A Brief History of the Caribbean Region
Traces the development of the region from discovery by Christopher Columbus to independence of the nations from Colonial rule. Examines the impact the varying...
A Slave Narrative: Job Ben Solomon or Ayuba Sulaiman Ibrahim
One of many to make the Middle Passage as a slave, Job Ben Solomon was one of the few to make a return trip...
The Death of Anacaona: Executed by the Spanish at Santo Domingo
After her husband Caonabo was shipped to Spain by Christopher Columbus and her brother Behechio died, Anacaona ruled so well she was hanged for...
Pre-Columbian Caribbean Life: The Taíno
Taíno is an ethnohistoric term used to describe certain tribes in the Virgin Islands and Greater Antilles between 1200-1500 AD. They are distinguished from...
USS MAINE Explosion in Havana in 1898: The Other Theory
There are a few theories about why the USS MAINE exploded in the Havana Harbor in the late 19th century. Including one that no...