The Garifuna were a population of escaped slaves in the Eastern Caribbean who intermarried with the indigenous Caribs and assimilated their language and customs. Once the British conquered St. Vincent and the Grenadines, they had all of the Garifuna or "Black Caribs" separated from the Native American "Yellow Caribs" and deported them to Central America.
Interestingly, today, the descendants of the "Yellow Caribs" that remained in the Lesser Antilles number only a couple thousand between Dominica, St. Vincent, and Trinidad - Whereas the Garifuna have a strong population of 600,000, spread between Belize, Honduras, and Guatemala, where they make up a significant minority.
What would the Eastern Caribbean look like if the Garifuna had not been deported? What other choices could there have been?
Interestingly, today, the descendants of the "Yellow Caribs" that remained in the Lesser Antilles number only a couple thousand between Dominica, St. Vincent, and Trinidad - Whereas the Garifuna have a strong population of 600,000, spread between Belize, Honduras, and Guatemala, where they make up a significant minority.
What would the Eastern Caribbean look like if the Garifuna had not been deported? What other choices could there have been?