What was the Caribbean like during the early-1800s?
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Those were troubled times. Map of the Caribbean in 1827: Spanish colonies in yellow, British colonies in pink, Hispaniola was united under Haiti in green Europe was facing the Napoleonic Wars, and warfare extended to the Caribbean. read more
One of the impacts on trade in the Caribbean in the early 1800s was the prohibition of slavery by the British Empire in 1807. Since all Caribbean colonies were captured by the British, the slave trade in the Caribbean stopped. read more