Map of the caribbean

Caribbean Timeline

By Kiyana

  • Caribbean Islands

    Caribbean Islands
    Caribbean Islands consist of the Lucayan Archipelago, Greater Antilles, Lesser Antilles/Leeward Islands, Windward Islands, and the Leeward Antilles. Jamaicans, Cubans, Mexicans, and Puerto Ricans were among the many Caribbean and Central Americans to come to the USA during the 1870's.

  • Coming to America

    Coming to America
    Many Caribbean and Central Americans came to America due to: job opportunites being scarce, flee political turmoil, escape hardsh working conditions in sugarcane fields, and escape slavery,

  • America

    America
    Immigarnts from the Caribbean would arrive at Ellis Island in New York. New comers would go through rural inspection at Ellis Island taking 5 hours or more. Anyone found with a disease would be sent home.

  • Life in America

    Life in America
    Immigrants worked small jobs such as bakeries, factories, and some women were maids for upper class families. They lived in apartment complexes, sometimes with another family and many rooms didnt have windows, were only ten feet wide, they were filthy, damp, and had a foul odor. they were payed low wages for long periods of work but it was better than what they came from.