: Discuss the connection between political parties and trade unions in Jamaica and one other Caribbean country‚ showing areas of similarity and difference. A Political Party is a political organization that normally seeks to influence government and government policy‚ this is done by nominating their own candidates‚ trying to seat them in political office. Parties often express an ideology or vision of specific views and participate in electoral campaigns and protest actions. The emergence of
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Is the Caribbean a geographical region defined by proximity to a body of water? Is it a group of nations defined by a common history or culture or by political links? Is there such a thing as a Caribbean identity or spirit or culture shared by all the territories clustered around the Caribbean Sea‚ regardless of language or political status? Do we as a Caribbean people act as members of a community or a culture that extends beyond the shores of individual islands? This essay will seek to show
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Company towns and indentured servitude are parts of American history that showcase the issues that can arise when human rights are violated and exploited for increased revenue. A simple explanation of the two practices would give away no intended malice— and sometimes‚ they did work the way they were intended— but more often the uglier side of human nature was revealed and the freedoms of the indentured servants and the employees of the company towns were threatened. Indentured servitude was common
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When Tobacco became a dominant profitable crop a labor system was needed to tend to the crops. Initially a system of indentured servants was used until the system of a slave labor system looked more profitable. Both systems were similar but also very distinct. The Indentured Servitude system was made up of Europeans who wanted to own land in the New World‚ but didn’t have the money for the trip. In this system their trip would be paid for in exchange for 7 years of labor and to soon be free and own
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The first contacts between the British and the Muslims were sporadic and rare. The first known encounter of the Muslims and the citizens of the British Isles dates back to the seventh century. For example‚ the gold imitation of the dinar was coined in 775 by Offa‚ the King of Mercia‚ a kingdom in Anglo-Saxon England. The coin had Offa’s name on one side and the inscription of the Islamic declaration of faith ‘there is no God but Allah alone’ on the other (The Gold Imitation Dinar of Offa). During
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demand for labour did not; the thriving sugar plantations and the economic prosperity as a result of the agricultural successes further demanded cheap labour from the poor‚ uneducated East and South Asians. Despite its apparent similarity to slavery‚ the Europeans attempted elevating the status of indentured labourers in order to attract enough individuals to satisfy their need for cheap labour. Documents 2‚ 3‚ 4‚ and 6 consider the cause of indentured servitude and its contrast with slave labour‚ while
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individual planters during the British period started between 1820 and early 1830s. Arrival registers of the Indian Immigration Archives (MGI) testify that labourers from the Indian Peninsula disembarked in Mauritius as from 1842 and originated from Colombo‚ Cochin‚ Pondicherry‚ Madras and Calcutta. These experimental importations of local planters were an evident means of overcoming the acute shortage of labour arising in the colony. The Importance of Slave Labour The slave trade which flourished
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Spaniards in the Caribbean had little need for African slaves in the early 1500s for various reasons. The Treaty of Tordesillas‚ which was a line of demarcation drawn north to south‚ west of the Azores and Cape Verde’s‚ stipulated that the areas west of the line belonged to the Spaniards and the east to the Portuguese. As a result of the treaty Africa was on Portugal’s side of the line‚ so in order for Spaniards to obtain African slaves they had to go through the Portuguese. During the period of the early
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Indentured Servitude Max Vieweg Due to the end of slavery‚ the demand for cheap labor in the Americas partnered with multiple peoples willing to leave their home countries to create an influx of indentured servants. These unfortunates‚ though seeking a better life‚ often ended up facing awful conditions for the duration of their contract. Document three shows the beginnings of indentured servitude‚ in a way. This document‚ a map‚ shows where all the indentured servants came from‚ with the two
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PAST PAPER QUESTIONS – CARIBBEAN HISTORY Emancipation 1. How significant was the rebellion in Jamaica (Christmas Rebellion) in 1831-2 as a cause of the passing of the Emancipation Act in 1833? 2. How significant a part did slaves play in ending slavery? 3. How important a factor was the resistance of the enslaved in bringing about emancipation in the Caribbean? 4. “The Emancipation Act (1833) favoured the planters more than the slaves.” Identify and discuss the parts of the
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