The struggle against slavery in Guyana.

The struggle against slavery in Guyana. Plantation slavery grew with the expansion of plantations. The main objective of the planters had to squeeze as much as possible the forces of the slaves. Very little has…

The unit of life on the plantation

White plantation owners used various methods to retain full control over slaves. The main method of "divide and conquer." Members of one tribe were divided into different plantation to prevent contact between them. This separation,…

Slavery and the slave trade in South America

Since the discovery of America and the development of new territories was widespread use of plantation slavery. In the slave trade were involved in all European countries are faring Americas. One of the goals of…

Production of sugar plantations.

Usually working day slave began before dawn and ended after sunset. Slaves were supposed to clean out from the bushes and grass, weed, and burn the land for planting cane. As podrastaniya cane needed to…

History of Guyana

South America: Chronology of Discovery South America - a continent which was first mentioned in 1498. It was then that Christopher Columbus made historically proven sailing along its coast and discovered the island of Trinidad.

A little history of Guyana

A little history of Guyana When in the sixteenth century, Columbus reached the coast of South America, in what is now Guyana's population of two Native American groups. The Spaniards wanted to be a way…

South America: Chronology of Discovery

South America: Chronology of Discovery South America - a continent which was first mentioned in 1498. It was then that Christopher Columbus made historically proven sailing along its coast and discovered the island of Trinidad.…

Jonestown tragedy

Jonestown tragedy That happened in Guyana tragedy has shaken the whole world - Johnstown. And have not been clarified until the end of the circumstances of simultaneous death of 909 people. Was it really suicide,…

History of Guyana. Continued.

The struggle for autonomy and social reforms led by the Council of Trade Unions (1941) and the Committee on Political Affairs, established in 1946, a young doctor Cheddi Jagan. He has achieved success in the…

History of Guyana

History of Guyana Opening of America. Opening of Guyana. It is recognized that mark the opening of South America belong to Christopher Columbus. There are many legends about the discovery of South America in ancient…