Caribbean Colonial Statistics from the British Empire, 1824-1950 - Volumes
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British Guiana, 1868-1938
The Guianas were first settled by the Surinen people of the Americas, followed by Amerindian tribes. The first European colonizers were the Spanish in 1593, then came the Dutch from 1602, the English and French colonizers would also join the scramble for the Guianas. By the time the dust had settled from European wars and associated land trading, the British had control of British Guiana (1831), the French had French... Read more →
British Honduras, 1839-1938
First settled by the Maya people, Spain was the first European country to attempt to form a settlement on the land that would become British Honduras; these attempts proved unsuccessful as the Maya drove the Spanish out. When settlers did start to colonize the land in the 1600s, they did so unofficially; officially Spain still possessed the colonization rights to the country, having made the prior claim of ownership. The... Read more →
Dominica, 1826-1887
Dominica was first colonized by the French in 1690 and run as a sugar colony which also used slaves to grow coffee. It was taken by the British in 1761 and ceded to the British by the French in 1763. French importation of African slaves resulted in a majority-African colony. Dominica was ceded to the British in the 1783 Treaty of Paris. Dominican slaves were freed, after 4 years of... Read more →
Grenada, 1860-1938
First settled by the indigenous Amerindians, it was then colonized by the French in 1650, before being ceded to the British in 1783. From 1795 to 1796 Julien Fedon, a planter of mixed African and French heritage, led around 100 freed men and slaves in an unsuccessful rebellion against British rule. This rebellion came the year after France had abolished slavery in all of its colonies and grew considerably as... Read more →
