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What is the source for the quote in the article? -[[User:Pgan002|Pgan002]] 07:54, 7 February 2007 (UTC) |
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== Importation of slaves: inconsistency == |
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: "The island originally produced tobacco, but changed to sugar cane in 1640 due to stiff competition from the colony of Virginia. The labour-intensive farming of sugar cane was the reason for the large-scale importation of African slaves. The importation began almost immediately upon the arrival of Europeans to the region." |
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If sugar cane farming was the reason for the importation, then presumably there was no importation before there was sugar cane farming (or before there was expected to be any). So the third sentence above does not make sense, because the arrival of Europeans to the region was 1538 at the latest (the Jesuit settlement at Diepe). Maybe what is meant is rather "soon after colonization" in 1623, or 17 years before the switch to producing sugar cane. But this remark then does not add any information, and is only a distraction. So when did the importation begin? -[[User:Pgan002|Pgan002]] 08:15, 7 February 2007 (UTC) |
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Revision as of 08:15, 7 February 2007
Food
the article needs info on kittitian food.
Gringo300 15:32, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
Sources
What is the source for the quote in the article? -Pgan002 07:54, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
Importation of slaves: inconsistency
- "The island originally produced tobacco, but changed to sugar cane in 1640 due to stiff competition from the colony of Virginia. The labour-intensive farming of sugar cane was the reason for the large-scale importation of African slaves. The importation began almost immediately upon the arrival of Europeans to the region."
If sugar cane farming was the reason for the importation, then presumably there was no importation before there was sugar cane farming (or before there was expected to be any). So the third sentence above does not make sense, because the arrival of Europeans to the region was 1538 at the latest (the Jesuit settlement at Diepe). Maybe what is meant is rather "soon after colonization" in 1623, or 17 years before the switch to producing sugar cane. But this remark then does not add any information, and is only a distraction. So when did the importation begin? -Pgan002 08:15, 7 February 2007 (UTC)