Blackies
Average Slave's life expectancy
7-9 years
Referring to persons as 'Untouchables' prolly meant that your location had this system
What is, The caste system.
The "F the fields i'm starting my own business" ethnic group started off with these 2 types of businesses
Laundries and shops
This method not only clears the land in preparation for planting, but also gets rid of pests and has built-in fertiliser!
The slash and burn method
The major slave revolt in Guyana of 1823
The Demerara Rebellion
Slaves' route to the fields and the bigger route it was a part of.
What is, the middle passage of the Triangular trade route.
The "Not fully enslaved" system
The Apprenticeship system
In the 1900s the US and UK both signed Acts to curb the flow of _____
Migrants
Longest existing system of production in the history of the Caribbean
The Plantation system
Slavery was actually condemned by America and Europe for this main reason
"It's Unchristian nature"
Ex-slaves' money saviours via these ideas
Partner plans, building societies and credit unions also emerged out of the need for many plantation labourers to escape its oppressive environment.
These 2 infamous systems were/are passed down through birth
the caste system and slavery
'Maroon" communities were mainly located in these 6 countries.
Jamaica, Suriname, Haiti, Grenada, St Lucia and Cuba
Name of the encomienda system leaders
encomenderos
The Europeans brought in portuguese because the plantations were too ____
BLACK
Why Africans on the fields? (5 reasons)
-Cheap
-They were already accustomed to tropical weather
-They already had an internal slave trade
-Easily replenished
-Trade with Africa was already established
Why were mulattos usually house slaves?
many whites did not think it appropriate for these fair-skinned slaves to be working alongside the darker slaves in the fields as it made them seem like equals.
Why was their no real competition for Spain and Europe in the Caribbean trade-wise?
There was little competition in the market because mercantile and navigation laws prevented trade with competing colonies.
These colonial legislative bodies often clashed with the governors and government bodies appointed by their metropole.
What are, local assemblies
Define political enfranchisement and how did soldiers from WW1 aid it?
It is freedom from political subjugation; the ability of a nation to determine its own affairs.
Soldiers returning from the First World War, who had been fighting for the ‘motherland’ and who had experienced racism in Europe, had been exposed to radical political currents and were dissatisfied with returning to unemployment at home
Want to resist the slavery system? You'll probably do these things (3)
• non-violent resistance
• flight, or ‘maroonage’
• violent resistance and revolt.
"West Indies" wasn't the only name Christopher wrongfully came up with and had to be corrected later
We can only suppose that it grew out of a desire to differentiate them from the native ‘Indians’ or Amerindians, who were not Indians at all, but a case of mistaken identity on the part of Columbus, who as we have seen had gone in search of a new route to India and the spice islands of the east.
The 2 things a colony under Internal self-governance are not in control of
defense and foreign affairs.
The first Caribbean country to put Universal Adult suffrage into effect
Jamaica
The ____ warfare of the Maroons has been credited as a major factor in the success of the Haitian Revolution.
ATEEZ REFERENCE
The guerrilla warfare