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Carib History

June 29, 2011   // 1 Comment

The Caribs of St. Vincent are believed to have lived on the island since about 1300. For hundreds of years, they thrived here by fishing and farming. These Caribs were known as "Red Caribs." Most scholarly research on the St. Vincent Caribs states that some time before 1700, a wrecked slave ship deposited natives of Africa on the island, where they intermarried with the native Amerindians. Th...

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