A Question Of Color: The Caribbean Coursework Example

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A question of Colour: The Caribbean
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The fall of the indigenous people in the Caribbean islands can be attributed to disease and
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war. Smallpox attacked the people at the time of the Spain invasion. They had no immunity against the disease, and it wiped off thousands of the indigenous population. The massacre of the indigenous people in the Caribbean islands by the Spaniards was also a high contributing factor to their decline. More than half of the population was wiped off. The Spaniards were ruthless, they killed women, killed babies by throwing them against rocks, slaughtered the people who were their slaves, killed those who brought gifts and food to them (Mintz, 912).
The enslavement of the indigenous population under harsh conditions contributed greatly to the decline of the population that was indigenous.

The mixing and intermarriage of the indigenous people with the Africans and the Spaniards in reproduction also led to the massive decrease of the Taino who were the indigenous population of the Caribbean islands. The Spaniards who had first invaded the Caribbean did not come along with women, so they snatched the indigenous women, made them their sex slaves, raped them and as a result a population new species emerged leading to the decline of the indigenous people in the long run (Mintz, 912).
The strategic significance of the Caribbean islands to the European colonizers was because of its strategic location, vital minerals like gold and silver. The Caribbean islands like Peru had vast deposits of silver which the Spaniards fought hard to conquer and acquire the wealth. The Caribbean islands provided a shorter and alternate route to the riches and spices of
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the east through the Panama isthmus. The Spaniards also found that the land was very fertile and productive. This region was significant because of the growth of sugarcane, tobacco, and coffee. Sugar was produced massively due to the excellent climate that favoured the growth of sugarcane. The region was eventually colonized by four European forces, the British, Spaniards, Dutch and the French due to these factors (Richardson, 7).
Africans were brought into the Caribbean instead of employing indigenous people because Africans were stronger and willing to work on the farms. Africans were more resistant to the indigenous European diseases that attacked the Caribbean slaves. The Caribbean slaves had a higher mortality rate due to the diseases, and this proved to be costly considering that their labour was needed in the farms. This turn of events forced the Spaniard to look for an alternative source of labour to work on the farms. Africans were readily available due to the practice of slave trade and slavery right from their homes. Prisoners of war, enemies’ payment of debts were all methods that the European used to get a large number of African slaves thus it was easier for them to be used in the Caribbean farms. The exhaustion of minerals in the Caribbean islands meant that sugar was to be the primary economic cash crop that was to be planted thus there was a need for the cheap African labour to work on the plantations of sugar (Carney, 142).
The fertile soils in the Caribbean made it possible for the growth of crops. Sugar tobacco and coffee were grown initially but on a small scale. Sugarcane drastically proved to be resourceful and could bring in a lot of revenue. It needed significant plantations to grow therefore it forced the other crops to be scraped off, and it finally became the dominant crop. Sugar was also in high demand, and its suitable growing conditions in the Caribbean made it possible for it to thrive (Mintz, 20).
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Works cited
Carney, Judith Ann, and Judith Ann Carney. Black rice: the African origins of rice cultivation in the Americas. Harvard University Press, 2009:140-147.
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Mintz, Sidney. "The Caribbean as a socio-cultural area." Cahiers d’Histoire Mondiale. Journal of World History. Cuadernos de Historia Mundial 9.1 (1965): 912.
Richardson, Bonham C. The Caribbean in the wider world, 1492-1992: regional geography.
Cambridge University Press, 1992:6-12.
Mintz, Sidney Wilfred. Sweetness and power: The place of sugar in modern history. Penguin,
1986: 20.