Family and Colour in JamaicaEyre & Spottiswoode, 1953 - 196 pages |
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... island , namely colour problems and family structure . As a Carnegie Research Fellow I was enabled to spend several months in the field . I should like to express here my appreciation to the Carnegie Trust for the generous assistance ...
... island , namely colour problems and family structure . As a Carnegie Research Fellow I was enabled to spend several months in the field . I should like to express here my appreciation to the Carnegie Trust for the generous assistance ...
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Fernando Henriques. were inhabited by two distinct Indian tribes . The larger islands such as Haiti , Cuba , and Jamaica were the home of the Arawaks , other islands were peopled by Caribs . Today the Arawaks are extinct in the Caribbean ...
Fernando Henriques. were inhabited by two distinct Indian tribes . The larger islands such as Haiti , Cuba , and Jamaica were the home of the Arawaks , other islands were peopled by Caribs . Today the Arawaks are extinct in the Caribbean ...
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... island , from the note of the number of confessions that I ordered to be made this year , with particular care ; there were 1,510 persons of all classes and conditions , 523 Spaniards including men and women , 173 children , 107 free ...
... island , from the note of the number of confessions that I ordered to be made this year , with particular care ; there were 1,510 persons of all classes and conditions , 523 Spaniards including men and women , 173 children , 107 free ...
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