The Black Carib Wars: Freedom, Survival, and the Making of the Garifuna
The Black Carib Wars: Freedom, Survival, and the Making of the Garifuna
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Abstract
This book offers a thoroughly researched history of the struggle of the Garifuna people to preserve their freedom on the island of St. Vincent. Today, thousands of Garifuna people live in Honduras, Belize, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and the United States, preserving their unique culture and speaking a language that directly descends from that spoken in the Caribbean at the time of Columbus. All trace their origins back to St. Vincent, where their ancestors were native Carib Indians and shipwrecked or runaway West African slaves—hence the name by which they were known to French and British colonialists: Black Caribs. In the 1600s they encountered Europeans as adversaries and allies. But from the early 1700s, white people, particularly the French, began to settle on St. Vincent. The treaty of Paris in 1763 handed the island to the British, who wanted the Black Caribs’ land to grow sugar. Conflict was inevitable, and in a series of bloody wars punctuated by uneasy peace the Black Caribs took on the might of the British Empire. Over decades, leaders such as Tourouya, Bigot, and Chatoyer organized the resistance of a society that had no central authority but united against the external threat. Finally, abandoned by their French allies, the Black Caribs were defeated, and the survivors deported to Central America in 1797. The book draws on extensive research in Britain, France, and St. Vincent to offer a compelling narrative of the formative years of the Garifuna people.
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Front Matter
- Introduction
- 1 Youroumaÿn
- 2 Good Friends, Cruel Enemies
- 3 Quel Roi?
- 4 Allies of the French
- 5 A Pity It Belongs to the Caribs
- 6 The Cry of Liberty
- 7 Calvary of the Caribs
- 8 Aftermath
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End Matter
- Appendix 1 The Anglo-Carib Peace Treaty of 1773
- Appendix 2 Return of the Charaibs landed at Baliseau from July 26th 96 to Feb 2nd 1797
- Appendix 3 Numbers, Names, and Ages of Charibs Surrendered, taken the 28th May, 1805
- Appendix 4 The Indigenous Population
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Notes
- Further Reading and Bibliography
- Index
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