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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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."
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They were freed because the "apprentices" concept did not work. It did not work because abuse by planters and resistance by slaves.
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The Dutch abolished slavery after Britian and France. 45,000 slaves were freed when the Dutch abolished slavery.
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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.
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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.
