| Date |
Events
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| 1493 |
Christopher Columbus introduce creole sugarcane to New World on second voyage |
| 1501 |
Sept. 3, King of Spain initiate black slavery with export of slaves from Spain--ladinos --to Hispaniola |
| 1511 |
De Las Casas advocated African slavery over native |
| 1516 |
Gonzalo de Vedosa establish the first sugar mill or trapiche in Hispaniola |
| 1521 |
1st slave revolt in New World in Hispaniola, initiated by Wolof slaves and slaves from the Senegambian coast
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| 1548 |
Indian population in lower hundreds from 200,000-300,000 in 1492 on Hispaniola |
| 1649 | Sweden enters the slave trade |
1685
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France passes the Code Noir - regulating the treatment of slaves
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| 1791 |
Haitian Revolution initiated by slaves from the Congo/Angola region , sugar plantations in northern Haiti,
losing 30% of her population |
1795
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Julien Fedon's Rebellion in Grenada, inspired by the Haitian Revolution
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1795
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Tula's Rebellion in Curaçao, inspired by the Haitian Revolution
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| 1803 |
Toussaint Louverture dies in French prison |
| 1804 |
Dessaline declares Haiti an independent Republic, the 2nd republic after the USA in New World |
| 1821 |
Haiti invades and annexed the Dominican Republic stays till 1844
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| 1822 |
Haiti, under Boyer, ends slavery in the Dominican Republic via invasion |
| 1825 |
Boyer accepts French indemnity of 125 million francs as compensation for revolution--cripples social development |
| 1833 |
British Emancipation Act, ends slavery in British Caribbean ,establishes Apprenticeship( Patronato in
Spanish territories)
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| 1838 |
Apprenticeship laws abolished in all British territories |
| 1838-1924 |
Asian migration to the Caribbean, predominantly from India and lesser numbers from China and Indonesia(Java) as indentured labor |
| 1848 |
-Slavery abolished, finally, in all French territories--Martinique , Guadeloupe, Guiana
-Denmark ends slavery in all Territories--Virgin Islands(St. Croix, St. Thomas, St. Johns) |
| 1849 |
Queen Mary's revolt in Frederiksted, St. Croix bringing an end to apprenticeship labor laws in Danish Islands--Virgin Islands(St. Croix, St. Thomas, St. Johns) |
1852
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British Caribbean loses protectionist status and thereby sugar monopoly, beginning decline of Caribbean sugar industry with British free trade policy
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| 1853-1924 |
22,000 laborers immigrated to Suriname from Indonesia, mainly from Java |
| 1962 | Cuban Missile Crisis in October |
1863
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Netherlands ends slavery in all her territories
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| 1870 |
Spain via Moret Law ends slavery in Cuba, Puerto Rico
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| 1898 |
Feb. USS Maine sank/ Spanish American War, by July Puerto Rico becomes US territory; Cuba semi independent |
| 1912 |
Mass slaughtering of members of the Partido Independiente de Color--in Cuba "The Little Black War";
Marcus Garvey sets up the Universal Negro Improvement Association(UNIA) in Jamaica |
1917
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United States purchases Danish Islands (US Virgin Islands--St. Croix, St. Thomas, St. Johns) from Denmark
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| 1916 | US military occupy Haiti |
| 1915 | US military occupy Dominican Republic |
1929
|
Rafael Trujillo of the Dominican Republic comes to power
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| 1937 |
15,000 thru 20,000 Haitian masscred at Dominican\Haitian border , ordered by Rafael Trujillo |
1946
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French territories(Martinique, Guadeloupe, French Guiana, St. Martins) become Departments with strong assimiliation policy
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| 1957 | Francois "Papa Doc" Duvalier takes power in Haiti |
| 1958 |
Federation of the West Indies(British) formed lasted till 1962 , with Jamaica breaking away |
| 1959 |
Fidel Castro takes power in Cuba, making Cuba the first communist nation in the Western Hemisphere |
| 1961 | Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba by US |
1975
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Suriname receive independence from Netherlands |
| 1979 |
Maurice Bishop takes power in Grenada ; Sir Arthur Lewis from St. Lucia wins Nobel Prize in Economics |
| 1983 | Operation Urgent Fury, US invades Grenada |
1986
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Aruba becomes self-governing country in Kingdom of Netherlands
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| 1992 | Derek Walcot from St. Lucia wins Nobel Prize in literature |
2010
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Curacao,Saba, Sint Eustatius, Sint Maarten , Bonaire self governing country in the Kingdom of the Netherlands
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