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    The introduction of slaves to the Caribbean had wide-ranging social, economic, and political effects on the region. Socially, it led to a large increase in population from the importation of slaves, who eventually outnumbered whites. It also created a stratified society divided along racial lines. Economically, it transformed the land ownership and agricultural systems to focus on large sugar plantations worked by slaves. Politically, the slave system increased competition between European powers and tightened control over the colonies by the mother countries.

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    The introduction of slaves to the Caribbean had wide-ranging social, economic, and political effects on the region. Socially, it led to a large increase in population from the importation of slaves, who eventually outnumbered whites. It also created a stratified society divided along racial lines. Economically, it transformed the land ownership and agricultural systems to focus on large sugar plantations worked by slaves. Politically, the slave system increased competition between European powers and tightened control over the colonies by the mother countries.

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    The introduction of slaves to the Caribbean had wide-ranging social, economic, and political effects on the region. Socially, it led to a large increase in population from the importation of slaves, who eventually outnumbered whites. It also created a stratified society divided along racial lines. Economically, it transformed the land ownership and agricultural systems to focus on large sugar plantations worked by slaves. Politically, the slave system increased competition between European powers and tightened control over the colonies by the mother countries.

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    The Effects of Slavery on Other

    Areas of Caribbean Life


    What effects did the introduction of slaves to the Caribbean have on the society
    and economy of the region? What political effects did it have?

    Social
    1. An artificial increase in the size of the population as literally hundreds
    of thousands of African slaves were imported annually into the New World.

    2. A change in the racial composition of the society. Before the Sugar Revolution
    the majority of the population was white and the minority black. By the mid
    18th century blacks far outnumbered whites, in some cases the ratio was as much
    as 25:1

    3. A host of new laws were introduced to regulate and define the relationship
    between master and slaves. For example the Deficiency Act was passed to deal
    with the unequal ration. Then each Colonial Power drafted their own set of
    laws: Spanish: Siete Partidas, French: Code Noir and the English colonies enacted
    their individual Slave Codes.

    4. A whole new culture was introduced- the African culture. There was a small
    amount of mixing of the two cultures as well.

    5. A new ‘breed' of person was introduced. These were the mulattoes. They were
    the off springs of the whites and blacks.

    6. Society became highly stratified. A person was now judged firstly by colour and
    then wealth, so that even a poor white was deemed to be of a higher status than
    a rich mulattoe.

    Economic
    7. The pattern of landownership changed. Before sugar and slavery there were
    many farmers owning small plots of land on which they grew tobacco and other
    cash crops. This pattern changed to a few landowners owning large estates on
    which they cultivated sugar cane to be manufactured into raw muscavado sugar
    for export to the Mother Country.

    8. The price of land increased dramatically towards the end of the 17th century
    and into the 18th century as more and more sugar estates were being
    established.

    9. Large amounts of capital were invested in the sugar industry. Most of this
    capital however came from the Mother Country itself. Soon the West Indian
    planters became indebted to (European) British bankers, investors and
    merchants.

    10. The plantation owners became very wealthy. Some of them went back to
    Europe to live in comfort and style, showing off their wealth. The expression "as
    rich as a West Indian planter" became the accepted description of any wealthy
    person.

    11. England collected a lot of taxes and duties and shared in the profits of the
    Sugar Industry. Later she would use much of this money to finance her Industrial
    Revolution.

    12. The Triangular trade provided employment in a number of areas from


    shipbuilding to insurance, to porters and warehouse landlords among others.
    13. The West Indian colonies became monocrop economies. That means that they
    concentrated on producing only one crop for export. All other production was
    mainly for local consumption. Some was done by the slaves on provision grounds.

    Political
    14. Britain and France became major super powers and the colonies were used as
    pawns in their rivalry for supremacy. They were the most valuable possessions of
    any Empire and were fiercely fought over in wars and at Peace Conferences.

    15. The Mother Countries tightened their control over their colonies. Britain
    changed from a Proprietary System of Government to a Representative System
    where a Governor was sent from England for a specific period or term of office to
    ensure that the colony remained firmly under her control.

    16. Laws were instituted to get rid of the Dutch: Navigation Acts and
    Mercantilism.
    17. Back in the colonies, the franchise (right to vote) was granted only to those
    who owned a certain acreage of land. The whites were the only ones then with
    the right to vote and they ultimately controlled the House of Assembly.

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