1. History of Jamaica
The economics of Jamaica centered on its pivotal role in the "triangle trade", exchanging sugar, rum, molasses and slaves for products from Britain and other colonies, and served to fuel British imperial expansion elsewhere. ... In response, the Spanish introduced enslaved blacks brought from Spain, and these were later supplemented by slaves brought directly from Africa. By the 1650s, the population of Jamaica numbered approximately 1500 Europeans, a similar number of slaves, and miniscule numbers of free blacks and Arawaks. ... Britain realized that a strong naval force could counter the...
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