Black immigrants from the west Indies

Classification: science and engineering disciplines

Analysis:

The West Indies were originally the hometown of indigenous Indians. Since the end of 15, it has been colonized by Spain, Britain, the Netherlands, France, Denmark and the United States. After a long period of colonial rule, Indians were almost wiped out, blacks and their descendants trafficked from Africa became the main labor force in this area, and mulattoes formed a new nation. /kloc-Haiti, Dominica, the Republic of China and Cuba gained nominal independence from the beginning of the 0/9th century to before the Second World War. After World War II, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Bahamas, Grenada, Dominica, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Kitts and Nevis and other countries declared their independence one after another. However, the 65,438+00 area is still under the control of British, American, French and Dutch colonists.

With more than 30 million inhabitants, the West Indies is the most densely populated area in Latin America. However, the population distribution is uneven, mostly concentrated near big cities and safe havens. The racial composition is complex, with blacks and hybrids accounting for about 60%, whites and Asians accounting for about 35% and 5% respectively. Cuba and Puerto Rico are mostly white (more than 70%), Haiti and Barbados are 90% black, and countries such as Bahamas, Jamaica and Grenada are also mostly black. Most of the rest are mulatto.