Introduction to Caribbean Heritage ….

Who were the first peoples of the Caribbean?

Arawaks Caribs

How did the Natives Come to the Caribbean?

ChristopherColumbusand the Spanish

When he landed he met the Arawaks

Called them Indians

How did the Africans come to the Caribbean?

•Arawaks were peaceful and friendly

•Arawaks did not have weapons

•Europeans enslaved them

But first …

Columbus Enslaved Caribbean Natives

3 million Arawaks perished:

Genocide – planned killing of a people

• war

• slavery

• European diseases

•Therefore … Arawaks not available for slave labor

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Need for Stronger Slaves

•solution - lack of man power

•large scale importation of slaves from African west coast.

•African slaves stronger than natives

• Africans tolerate European diseases

Arawaks and Africans Intermingle

• Common bond - slavery

An Arawak Family ….

Music

Ancient RythmsBy

Singing SandraHighlight paragraphs:

Caribbean Ancestors slaves from Africa