Watson investigates the emigration of indigenous Amerindians in the West Indies during the period 1834-1900 and their replacement with enslaved Africans. After the emancipation of the slaves in 1833, the poor whites, who used to perform militia service on plantations in the West Indies, were forced to emigrate due to lack of employment opportunities.;
The St. Croix-based West Indies Laboratory will be rejuvenated as the site of a new Caribbean-wide research program. The laboratory was the primary source of scientific data on the Caribbean Sea for 20 years before its destruction by Hurricane Hugo
Book review: A Turbulent Time: The French Revolution and the Greater Caribbean. Edited by David Barry Gaspar and David Patrick Geggus. Blacks in the Diaspora. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1997. Maps. Notes. Index. xiii, 262 p ;
Enrique Patterson, a columnist at Miami's El Nuevo Herald, recently spoke at Baruch College in New York City about racial discrimination in Cuba. Patterson, who is Cuban-American, said Cuban culture has a tradition of racism that developed before Fidel Castro and has not ended under Castro's reign. Patterson said racism is preventing a transition to democracy.
