... Plantation. Antonio Benitez-Rojo asserts the notion that plantations distorted, indefinitely, the social-cultural content of the Caribbean nations. Benitez-Rojo claims that the "Caribbean, in substantial measure, was shaped by Europe for the plantation, and the generalized historical convergence shown by the different territories in the region are always related to that purpose" (Pg. 39). Sidney Mintz, in his ... 's novel No Telephone to Heaven. Tensions are created elucidating both the struggles of colonial cultures to define their culture, and individuals within these cultures strugglin...

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... to family life slavery uprooted many Africans from their homeland and their extended family ties. Kinship and family ties provided the personal and collective character of Africans and when taken beyond their shores they became rootless and "all at sea". Only the young and adult males were at ... The bonds developed by many slaves on the voyage across the Middle Passage continued and developed becoming a primary source of social organization that continued for decades. Systems of kinship varied in West Africa in the different regions but "it was commonly accepted that kinship was "the pr...

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