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Summary
The entire history and culture of Caribbean Island people,
and immigration of Caribbean Islands People, The commonwealth
Caribbean islands have a distinctive history. Permanently
influenced by the experiences of colonialism and slavery, the
Caribbean has produced a collection of societies that are
markedly different in population composition from those in any
other region of the world.
Lying on the sparsely
settled periphery of an irregularly populated continent, the
region was "discovered" by Christopher Columbus in 1492.
Thereafter, it became the springboard for the European invasion
and domination of the Americas, a transformation that historian
D. W. Meinig has aptly described as the "radical reshaping of
America…