About thirty-two thousand indentured Africans arrive in…

1852 CE to 1863 CE

About thirty-two thousand indentured Africans arrive in the British West Indies, the greater number going to Jamaica and British Guiana.

Because the families of important British politicians, such as Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone, own sugar estates in British Guiana, this colony, directly administered by the crown, assumes great importance in the Caribbean.

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Georgetown Demerara-Mahaica Guyana View →

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William Ewart Gladstone View →

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Indian people View → Chinese (Han) people View → Saint Vincent View → Antigua (English colony) View → Virgin Islands, British (Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom) View → Barbuda (English colony) View → Jamaica (British Colony) View → The Bahamas, British Crown Colony of View → Saint Kitts (British Colony) View → Grenada (British colony) View → Montserrat (English Colony) View → Barbados (British colony) View → Britain (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) View → Saint Lucia (British colony) View → Trinidad, British colony View → Tobago, British colony of View → Afro-Guyanese people View → British Guiana, Colony of View →

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Sweeteners View →

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Commerce View → Labor and Service View → Government View → Custom and Law View → Movements View →

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