One of the main projects that attracted such workers was the building of the Panama Canal. Additionally, about 40,000 Jamaicans and Barbadians settled in Cuba in the early 20th century after migrating there to work in the sugar industry.
C Encyclopaedia Africana
June 26, 2021
CARIBBEAN HISTORIES – SLAVERY & NEGOTIATING FREEDOM (NATIONAL ARCHIVES)
The official revisionist historical narrative of the British after the Transatlantic Slave Trade is that there were only 3.1million African people captured, enslaved and worked to death by the British. SWR does not believe that this narrative is historically correct.
C Encyclopaedia Africana
June 26, 2021
CARIBBEAN HISTORIES – IDENTITY (NATIONAL ARCHIVES)
Enslaved Africans constantly fought to keep their identity and heritage alive.
C Encyclopaedia Africana
June 25, 2021
CARIBBEAN HISTORIES – MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE (NATIONAL ARCHIVES)
The Caribbean is composed of people from all over the world including those taken there by force and those who migrated freely.