It was based specifically on the idea that the African was a sub-human being

Persons of all ethnicities could be sold as slaves

Persons could be sold into slavery to redeem family debts

It was traditional for Africans to enslave members of rival tribal groups

monocultural economy

rigid social stratification

large sugar plantations

manumission

Belize

Suriname

Guyana

Cuba

its occupation by the French for many years

its syncretic blend of African and Christian elements

the Haitian Revolution which ended French control

the fact that the enslaved came from Dahomey

II III and IV

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II and III

II

foreign exchange

development capital

a remittance

a sou-sou

It relieves population pressures in the Caribbean

It tends to foster a dependency syndrome in the donor country

Caribbean people are often the victims of racism in the host country.

The economy of the Caribbean country is negatively affected

Consumers cannot afford items produced in foreign countries

Subsidies and quotas act to decrease our volume of trade

Globalisation has forced the imposition of trade restrictions

Trade liberalisation has opened our markets to cheaper foreign goods

subsistence agriculture

plantations

the encomienda

the fallow system

A system where all aspects of life were confined to one place

political and economic life was determined by the plantation

A system based on communal values and shared tasks

There was rigid social stratification

Social

East Indians could move between plantations

Africans could move between plantations

Africans were not regarded as chattel

East Indians were not regarded as chattel

it lead to highly competitive prices on the world market

a dependency on cheap labour

increased sugar production with increased mechanization

increased trade between Africa India and the Caribbean

economic diversification has taken place

labour today is highly unionized on the sugar plantations

there is still dependence on only one main product

foreign companies continue to dominate in sugar production

the destruction of tools and property owned by the slave master

enslaved persons running away and forming free villages

pillage and looting during slave rebellions

short absences from the plantation

celebrating the discovery of the New World by the Spanish

critiquing ethnocentric accounts of the Contact

websites by Amerindian groups seeking to maintain contact with each other

writing history texts chronicling the exploits of the Tainos and Caribs