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Sugar plantations fell behind in production
Sugar plantations caused a lot of deforestation because it was what the Caribbean produced the most of. In 1750, the production of sugar started falling behind and it majorly hurt the Caribbean. -
Animals
Europeans brought over many animals during and after the Columbian Exchange. By the year of 1750, all of the animals in the Caribbean originated from Europe. -
Slaves
Due to sugar plantations, 90% of the inhabitants of the Caribbean were slaves. That was 40% of all of the slaves sent to the New world. -
Tacky's Rebellion
It was the most significant rebellion in the Caribbean until the Hatian Revolution. A rebellion of African American slaves in the Caribbean. The African Americans killed many white plantation owners. -
Haitian Revolution
The revolution lasted from August 14, 1791 to January 1, 1804. It was significant because it released the Haitian people from European rule. It also resulted in the abomination of slavery in Haiti. -
Slavery Partially Abolished
In the British Colonies, slavery is partially abolished. Even though it was abolished, the law insisted that "free" slaves to remain with former masters as "apprentices." -
Complete Abolition of Slavery
They were freed because the "apprentices" concept did not work. It did not work because abuse by planters and resistance by slaves. -
Dutch Abolition of Slavery
The Dutch abolished slavery after Britian and France. 45,000 slaves were freed when the Dutch abolished slavery. -
Children of Slaves
In the Cuba, the slaves of children would be released from slavery. The problem was that many of the children did not know how to do much else because they were to be brought up working on plantations. They also had hard times leaving their families. -
Immigrants
Many people immigrated to the New World to fufill the slaves old jobs. 40,000 Africans, over 500,000 Native Americans, and 18,000 Chinese took over the jobs of ex-slaves.
