BLG 600 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Norman Manley, Grantley Herbert Adams, Acculturation
1 Dec 2016
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Caribbean colonies came to nationhood in a variety of ways. Some, like haiti and cuba, fought wars of independence. Others, like the british caribbean colonies, came to independence through the stroke of a pen. The french colonies of martinique, guadeloupe, and french guiana, the. British virgin islands and u. s. virgin islands never gained their independence, but have remained in a quasi-state of coloniality. In most cases, caribbean countries followed a pattern to nationhood: emancipation, decolonization, independence. Bridget brereton (1989) described three general stages that postemancipation societies went through in the caribbean: an adjustment period, a quiet period, and a period of upheaval/transformation. In the british colonies, emancipation was declared in 1834 (for the french it was 1848). Once the slaves were freed, a period of forced labor ensued known as apprenticeship. This was yet another attempt by the colonizers to control (cid:498)their(cid:499) labor force.
