Essays Tagged: "British Guiana"

Caribean women.

. In the 1920s and 1930s employers took very little notice of the hardships of the labourers in the British-ruled Caribbean territories. Unemployment was high, ranging from 25 to 50 percent in some te ... ots in St. Kitts, St. Vincent and St. Lucia in 1935; in Barbados in 1937; in Jamaica in 1938 and in British Guiana in 1938 and 1939. There were riots over the high prices of consumer goods in St. Vinc ...

(12 pages) 103 0 3.0 Oct/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Women's Studies

CARIBBEAN HISTORY Examine the methods employed by planters to induce "labourers" to work on sugar estates after emancipation.

ork on sugar estates after emancipation.Full emancipation of the slaves was achieved in 1838 in the British West Indies and 1848 in the French colonies. The post-emancipation period was viewed with fe ... ns, robbing them of their labour supply. In many cases this was so. However, one can argue that the British West Indies experienced a greater labour problem than the French colonies of Martinique and ...

(5 pages) 56 1 4.8 Feb/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History

Problems facing sugar planters in the British colony of Jamaica during the period 1850-1900, and the solutions used to solve them.

THE PROBLEMS-------------The islands of the British West Indies saw foreign competition from the slave grown sugar of Louisiana and Cuba. Howeve ... on from the slave grown sugar of Louisiana and Cuba. However, by the 1860's, due to a loan from the British government, Trinidad, Antigua, Barbados, British Guiana and St. Kitts all survived the equal ... avery in Cuba. Therefore, the labor force of Cuba lasted until the year 1886, fifty years after the British West Indies had emancipated their slaves.Cuba also had immigrant labor, machines and then - ...

(3 pages) 46 1 4.5 Apr/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History

Problems faced by the sugar industry

is StatementRationale/ aimIntroductionWhat were the problems faced by the Sugar Industry affect the British West Indies?LabourCapitalTechnologyFree TradeConclusionBibliographyArea of ResearchAdjustmen ... tments to EmancipationResearch Topic and QuestionTopic: Problems faced by the Sugar Industry in the British West Indies specifically Jamaica.Research Question: The problems faced by the Sugar Industry ...

(4 pages) 2 0 0.0 Feb/2013

Subjects: History Term Papers > African Studies - History

What is ethnicity and the issues faced by Guyanese people?

cally always have had a heterogeneous population due to the different colonization ( Dutch and then British) and triangular trade started by the Dutch in 1660s which brought African slaves in Guyana. ... by the Dutch in 1660s which brought African slaves in Guyana. Finally, Indians were brought by the British during the 19th century to work in the plantation. Nowadays, according to the latest Guyana' ...

(5 pages) 12 0 0.0 Apr/2014

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Black Awareness & Racism