History Of The Garifuna

Historically, the concept of trade along coastal borders in the case of the Garifuna can be traced all the way back to the 16th and 17th century after their exile to the island of Roatán. Trade had been established as a form of survival. According to Christopher Taylor’s The Black Carib Wars, the British “intended that the Black Caribs should build on Roatán a settlement based on agriculture supplemented by fishing and hunting (147)”. During their first years of settlement on the island, the Garifuna were forced to adjust to not only a new landscape, but also a new way of gathering natural resources to live. According to British officer in charge of the mass deportation of the Garifuna at that time, Colonel John Wilson, the British provided