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African, African-American and Caribbean thinkers have played a major role in defining the critical issues of our time, just as the cultures of Africans and their descendants have transformed the cultures of the Americas and the world. Source > "The past is what makes the present coherent," said Afro-American writer James Baldwin, and the past "will remain horrible for exactly as long as we refu...
WORK IN PROGRESS=======Hyperlinks refer to Wikipedia pages where more information can be found=====.==Motives==* Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America (America: a Cultural History) From Library Journal This cultural history explains the European settlement of the United States as voluntary migrations from four English cultural centers. Families of zealous, literate Puritan yeomen and ...
West-Indische Compagnie 1621-1791 Kamers van de WIC : AMSTERDAM in Amsterdam ZEELAND in Middelburg MAZE in ... 1622 : Kamer ter STAD en LANDE in Groningen - ⌘ - Kamer in het NOORDERKWARTIER aan de Binnenluiendijk in Hoorn - Noord-Holland - ⌘ Bewindhebbers WIC Deze personen droegen hetzij bij aan de oprichting of kregen binnen de WIC een bepaalde rol e/o functie: —A— Fran...
Dutch West India Company (Dutch: Geoctroyeerde Westindische Compagnie or GWIC; English: Chartered West India Company) was a chartered company (known as the "WIC") of Dutch merchants. Among its founding fathers was Willem Usselincx (1567-1647). On June 2, 1621, it was granted a charter for a trade monopoly in the West Indies (meaning the Caribbean) by the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands...
This is the portal or master project for anything Cuban-related. For instructions on how to use Geni, refer to the Geni Help Portal ==Geni Cuban sub-projects==#  Afrocuban Women Filmmakers#  Banana Wars#  Caribbean Migration (To and From U.S.) Prior to 1900#  Chinese in the Caribbean#  Colonial Americas Portal#  Conquistadores españoles#  Cuban and Other Hispanic, ...
International Projects = International Help Portal Civil Registry and Church Records around the World Wonders of the World Ode to Joy - Anthem / European Union , Listen to 10 Top Anthems Please feel free to list your Project under (1) Country of Origin, or (2) Global Area of Interest. If a link doesn't work, just go to Projects Page and paste the project name in the sear...
British slave owners “The #FridayFact was not only wrongly judged, in numerous respects it was just wrong.” THE LONG ROAD TO ABOLITION ■ In 1807, parliament passed the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act, effective throughout the British empire. ■ It wasn’t until 1838 that slavery was abolished in British colonies through the Slavery Abolition Act, giving all slaves in the British empire th...
The objective of this project is to identify (forced) immigrants from India & Madagascar to Colonial America. Please start discussions, share resources, build trees, and add profiles to the project. Please create "related" projects for the Madagascar slave trade in other locations. And please ... invite collaborators to join in and contribute.==background==From Indian Slaves in Colonial America...
This project represents notable West Indian Americans and Caribbean Canadians . These are Americans with origin in the Dutch-, English-, and French-speaking lands of the Caribbean. Their population of 2,532,380 accounted for 0.83% of the U.S. population in 2008.The majority of Black Canadians are of Caribbean origin. Many Canadians identify as Black even though they may have multi-ethnic ancest...
Welcome to the Bahamian Portal on Geni!==This is a project to focus on developing the profiles of the people of the Bahamas and members of the greater Bahamian diaspora on Geni. Special emphasis is made on using Bahamian sources, especially government records and credible Bahamian histories. Since modern Bahamians find their roots in many other ethnicities --Yoruba/West African, Mandinka, Bantu...
This is the Portal or Master Project for Jamaica: Jamaican Portal: "Out Of Many, One People" : you will find links to online civil records across Jamaica that may be very helpful in your quest). Important Events in Jamaica's History What can you do here? Ask questions. Collaborate on your research. Share knowledge you have gained as you've done your own research in a specific ar...
The history of the Jews in the Caribbean dates, according to some interpretations, back to Christopher Columbus and his first cross-Atlantic voyage on August 3, 1492, when he left Spain and eventually "discovered" the New World. His date of departure was also the day on which the Catholic Monarchs Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon decreed that the Jews of Spain either had to conv...
The main information is from the book, Jamaican Volunteers in the First World War: Race, Masculinity and the Development of a National Consciousness, by Richard Smith, Manchester, Manchester University Press, c. 2004, ISBN: 0719069858. Review of book The two main units mentioned and expounded upon in this marvellous book are the West India Regiment(s) (WIR), which was made up of mainly Jamaican...
This project if for those who have died in or as a result of a Hurricane Hurricanes are found in the following areas: From : the North Atlantic Ocean, the Northeast Pacific Ocean east of the dateline, or the South Pacific Ocean east of 160E: Classified as a Hurricane Deadliness of Hurricanes 1780 San Calixto Hurricane affected Lesser Antilles, Puerto Rico, Hispaniola, Bermuda on 9-2...
West Indies - Caribbean Region Master Project==What can you do here?==*Ask questions.*Collaborate on your research.*Share knowledge you have gained as you've done your own research in a specific area.*Problem finding an ancestors , open a discussion here and we all try to help*Start your own related project.*Add your profiles.*Start or take part in a discussion==How to Contribute==* Please clic...
Scotland has had direct social and economic links with the West Indies for nearly 400 years. Settlement started in 1626 when James Hay, the Earl of Carlisle, was appointed Proprietor of Barbados, an event which led to a number of Scots making their way to the island. (For a list of Scottish emigrants to Barbados, see Barbados and Scotland, Links 1627-1877, by David Dobson.) Later Scottish trans...
A Census of the White & Brown inhabitants & other Persons of Free Condition of the Parish of Hanover distinguishing their Sexes, Colour, Ages and places of Residence* bear with me. I'm working on making the file more readable for all.Name Gender Age Colour ResidenceVassall, Robert O. Male - White Abingdon Vassall, Christian Female - White Abingdon Vassall, John Male - White Abingdon Vasall, Mar...
This project covers Caribbean peoples migrating to and from North America/the United Colonies (U.C.)/ United States (U.S.), prior to 1900. Starting about 1500. * A time-line of Latin America ==Arrivals in Caribbean from Europe==* Jews from Spain, Portugal, Holland, and Britain * See Albion's Seed project* Scottish and Irish prisoners and indentured servants* Cromwell's fleet arrived in J...
Scope of Project===This is a project to focus on developing the profiles of the people of Bermuda and members of the Bermudan diaspora on Geni. Special emphasis is made on using Bermudan sources, especially government records and credible Bermudan histories. Since modern Bermudans find their roots in many other ethnicities -- this project aims to also provide information on how these people cam...
From: . The forebear of the Barbados Walcotts was Eyare Walcott who came to Barbados from London in 1659. These Walcotts became merchants and planters there. Their numbers grew in the following century (as the early marriage records in Barbados would indicate). The family ran a cotton plantation. the Todd estates, at Old Asylum wall. The Walcott name also evolved from the slaves there and from ...
Gouverneurs van Suriname=.._____________________________________________________==Historical Context== (Under construction) ==Governors=====Spanish Colony 1593-1650===* 1593-1629 : Domingo de Vera e Ibargoyen (1550-1629)===English colony 1650-1667 (under Francis Willoughby)===* 1650-1654 : Anthony Rowse* 1654-1667 : William Byam (1622-1670)===Dutch colony 1667-1667===* 1667-1667 : Maurits de Ra...
A place to create an overview of the Import/Export Trade of the Island of Puerto Rico and other trade partners of the West Indies (Domincan Republic, Venezuela, Barbados, Virgin Islands, Hispanola, etc.) and a collection of the movers and shakers and deal makers. Please, feel free to collaborate and join and add pertaining profiles.
Wars involving American Indians of the Caribbean/West Indian Region.This Project is a subproject of the West Indies - Caribbean Region Master Project.==What can you do here?==*Ask questions.*Collaborate on your research.*Share knowledge you have gained as you've done your own research in a specific area.*Problem finding an ancestors , open a discussion here and we all try to help*Start your own...
In the 1800s, Chinese migrated to the Caribbean-bordered areas, including the Caribbean islands, Central America, and Mainland Caribbean (South America), including Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Costa Rica, Haiti, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Trinidad, and Guyana. See Chinese Caribbean - Wikipedia ==The Bahamas==Chinese-Bahamians have a long history, dating back to at least 1879. The original Chines...
The 1700's ~ List of Planters===* DeWint , Gerrit - and father and sons on St. Thomas== Handbook and Almanac of Jamaica Planters ==In 1832, before the abolition of slavery there were six hundred and fifty-three sugar estates in cultivation- over 500 coffee plantations.The British Slavery Abolition Act of 1834 provided a grant of £20 million to compensate the owners of all West Indian slaves for...