A "Brief" History of the Caribbean (Pre 1492-1898)

The following website contains a brief synopsis of the history of the Caribbean from the time of the indigenous people to the end of the Spanish colonies of the Caribbean. It focuses on the following details:

• The arrival of the Indigenous people to the region
• The arrival of Columbus under the Spanish flag
• The Spanish Caribbean in the 16th century
• The arrival of the British and French to the region
• Sugar and Slavery
• Toussaint L'Ouverture and Haiti
• The End of the Spanish Empire in the Caribbean

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