antigua, the carribean. the island, itself antiqua
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Antigua, The Carribean
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The Island, Itself
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Antiqua
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Antiqua - St. John's - Kincaid's Home
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The Dreaded Breadfruit
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Breadfruit - Up Close
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Antigua - European Arrival • The current name, "Antigua," given by Christopher
Columbus in 1493 • In 1632, a group of English colonists left St. Kitts to
settle on Antigua. Sir Christopher Codrington, an Englishman, established the first permanent European settlement
• From then on, Antiguan history took a dramatic turn.
Codrington guided development on the island as a profitable sugar colony. Think Rum.
• Lord Horatio Nelson, a major figure in Antigua
history, arrived in the late 18th century to preserve the island's commercial shipping prowess
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The Problems of British Colonialism• According to A Brief History of the Caribbean,
European and African diseases, malnutrition and slavery eventually destroyed the vast majority of the Caribbean's native population.
• In fact, some historians believe that the psychological
stress of slavery may also have played a part in the massive number of native deaths while in servitude.
• Others believe that the reportedly abundant, but
starchy, low-protein diet may have contributed to severe malnutrition of the "Indians" who were used to a diet fortified with protein from sea-life.
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Slavery...
• Sugar became Antigua's main crop in about 1674
• This resulted in the importing tens of thousands of slaves, largely from West Africa, as sugar cultivation and processing was labor intensive
• Unrest among the slaves became increasingly
common • The American Revolution in the late eighteenth
century disrupted the Caribbean sugar trade. At the same time public opinion in Britain gradually turned against slavery
• Great Britain abolished the slave trade in 1808, and
all existing slaves were emancipated in 1834
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More Recently, Independence...
• In 1968, with Barbuda and the tiny island of Redonda as dependencies, Antigua became an associated state of the Commonwealth
• In 1981 it was disassociated from Britain • Economy is based upon tourism • Unemployment Rate of 11% compared to USA's
9.1% • Literacy Rate of 85% compared to USA: 97%
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Who Lives There...?The ethnic distribution consist of: • 91% of African Descent and mixed African/Native
Caribean • 4.4% Other Mixed Race
• 1.7 % European. The majority of the European
population is ethnically Irish, British, and Portuguese • 2.9% Other (primarily East Indian and Asian)
• There are also Christian Levantine Arabs (primarily
of Syrian, Lebanese and Palestinian descent) and a small population of Sephardic Jews
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Lastly, Post-Colonialism
• Antigua, like the US, Canada, Mexico, Ireland, India, etc. is a post-colonial nation.
• This fact will influence the way Annie views the
world • At times, we can infer that decisions and actions
of certain characters (and the author's intent) are influenced by the idea of Post-Colonialism
• What can we see in the novel that
demonstrates or may demonstrate colonial influence?
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Colonial Influences? The Obvious Few to Look For...• Teachers? • Language? • Cities and design? • Food? Where is breadfruit from? • Obeah women? Religion? • Whatever/Whoever else?