free villages and peasantry

Which of the following was NOT cultivated in the Caribbean in the late nineteenth century?

• cotton, limes

• coffee, arrowroot

• rice, bananas

• potatoes, wheat

The indo-Caribbean peasant population were very involved in the development of the

• rice industry

• banana industry

• oil industry

• coffee industry

Which of the following best illustrate the economic diversification of the late nineteenth century in the Caribbean?

• the establishment of several manufacturing industries

• the continued growth and expansion of the sugar inustry

• the establishment of banana as a major export crop

• the growth for export of several other crops alongside the sugar industry

Whic of the following BEST explains why missionaries helped the formerly enslaved persons to create villages?

• Vllages facilitated churches and schools

• Villages allowed ex-slaves to own lands

• Villages increased the social status of the region

There were more free villages in jamaica than there were in Barbados MAINLY because

• in Jamaica more land was available for settlement

• in Barbados the freed Africans did not want to leave the plantation

• the Jamaican planters encouraged their freed Africans to set up free villages

• the freed africans in Jamaica had more money to buy lands than those in Barbados

Which group of territories contained MOST Crown land?

• Antigua, Grenada, Guyana

• Barbados, Grenada, Trinidad

• Antigua, Guyana, Jamaica

• Guyana, Jamaica, Trinidad

What actions did Knibb take to assist freed Africans to acquire land?

• Warn the labourers

• Plead with the planters

• Establish free villages

• Report to the Governor

The planters' MAIN intention in encouraging fomerly enslaved persons to settle near plantations after emancipationwas to have them

• use estate hospitals

• guard the plantations

• work on the plantations

• attend the nearby schools

"William Knibb foresaw that planters would try to force extra work from their free labourers by increasing rents on homes on the estate"

To which territory is the statement referring?

• Guyana

• Jamaica

• Trinidad

• Barbados

The migrants to Guyana and Trinidad from the Eastern Caribbean Islands, after 1838 were interested MAINLY in

• opening retail shops

• seeking higher wages

• working on sugar estates

• practising their religion freely