HISC70H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Afro-Caribbean
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The first two decades of the 20th century witnessed a dramatic increase in caribbean immigration to the u. s. (about 250,000 per decade) Most migrants were working-class, but many were also part of the growing middle/professional classes most found work as labourers and domestic workers. Destinations: florida, especially miami and ybor city*/tampa bay (bahamians, cubans, Puerto ricans), massachusetts (caribbean-wide), new york (especially harlem)was the (cid:862)af(cid:396)i(cid:272)a(cid:374) diaspo(cid:396)a i(cid:374) (cid:373)i(cid:272)(cid:396)o(cid:272)os(cid:373)(cid:863) * Tensions and collaboration between afro-caribbean and african-american groups. Empire: u. s. occupies haiti in 1915; purchases the danish west. Indies in april 1917; and grants puerto ricans citizenship in 1917, spurring varying levels of migration from these islands. U. passes a se(cid:396)ies of (cid:396)est(cid:396)i(cid:272)tio(cid:374)s a(cid:374)d (cid:862)(cid:374)atio(cid:374)al o(cid:396)igi(cid:374) (cid:395)uotas(cid:863) (cid:271)et(cid:449)ee(cid:374) (cid:1005)9(cid:1005)7 a(cid:374)d (cid:1005)9(cid:1006)4 that curbs the immigration of non-europeans; labourers and domestic workers continue to arrive.
