The Caribbean Islands: Globe Trekker

     This documentary on the Caribbean gives a present day insight into the islands of Monserrat, St. Lucia, Martinique, and others. While visiting them in a relatively new time period, The host goes in depth about the English and French culture on the islands while also discussing the past histories of the islands that were dependent on Slavery. I focused in on the segment about St. Lucia, due to the fact that I have been to St. Lucia before. What I found surprising is that almost all of the natives are of African descent and Castries is one of the biggest shipping ports in the Caribbean. In addition Zoe shares that the Gros Piton is now a natural world heritage site, which was originally inherited by the Arrowack Indians. 

    The slave history of St. Lucia is also extensive. The sugar cane industry relied on slave labor for the good to be delivered back to Europe. England, France, and the Netherlands were all fighting for the wealth of the resources in St. Lucia, so they all had slaves. The historian in the video says that an estimated twelve million slaves moved to the Americas at one point. It highlights how much the Europeans craved not only colonial superiority but also racial superiority by using slave labor for their own gain in a country that is not native to them or their slaves.

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