How Important was Colour in plantation society?
The meeting of the European and Caribbean Societies was the first large-scale encounter by Europe of another race. Due to the immense Economic opportunities seen in the Caribbean, the main European powers fought to seize the upper hand in terms of Gold, Tobacco, Cotton and most importantly Sugar. In order to carry out an operation of this size the European powers required a great deal of manpower to set up colonies on these Caribbean Islands. At first the preferred choice of the Plantation owners, in regards to human resources, was indentured servants. However as the colonies grew it became clear that the number of indentured servants was not sufficient to fully exploit the Caribbean. At this point the African slave trade was seen as the ideal solution to the problems encountered by the European planters. Through kidnappings by Europeans and the African rulers of the time, millions of Africans were sent to the Caribbean and forced into slavery. By 1789 there were 192 800 slaves in Jamaica out of a population of 216 000 and this huge imbalance could be seen throughout the rest of the Caribbean. Even in Africa within certain communities there was discrimination towards so-called savages and criminals. This is where the issue
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Approximate Word count = 1567
Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page double spaced)
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