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Petit Martinique history - learn what once happend
History in the Caribbean would always start with the Caribs and Arawaks, Who migrated from island to island leaving behind drawings and artifacts, showing living proof of their trail. The history is not based on them though, so lets skip a few years and move on to the real story. In the early 1700's, a Frenchman called Mr. Pierre, left his home island of Martinique in search for new fertile lands to plant his crops. It was said, "at the time Mr. Pierre left his home, Martinique was suffering under an Ant infestation, which delivered a heavy blow to the sugarcane fields". When he came to Petite Martinique, there was no one living on it, so he settled on the little rock and made it his home. He eventually married a mulatto lady from Carriacou. Mr. Pierre got his slaves to plant Cotton and sugarcane, which grew successfully. There were no records to show whether or not he exported any sugarcane, but there were records of tons of cotton being shipped out. Eventually Mr. Pierre divided up the island into estates and sold it to European shipwrights. In those times, there were cargo ships which would go to a particular island at night and steal slaves and sell them on other islands. This could have been an encouragement for Mr. Pierre to have done what he did. However, it is not certain, for there were no records to prove this. The names of the estates as they were registered were: Kendace, Good Hope, Paradise, Sussannah, North Point, Petit Ance, Belle View and Beausejour. After Emancipation, the slaves were freed and given equal rights. The whites then moved to the northern part of the island and the slaves lived to the southern part. As a result of the size of the island, it was quite easy for whites and blacks to mingle and work together, learning each other's traditions and skills. The slaves eventually acquired the European skills of building boats and houses from assisting the shipwrights. The shipwrights accepted the African traditions. Inter-marriages were very common, as a result, bringing the people closer together, forming one large Community. The traditions and skills were then handed down to the younger generation to ensure that it was not lost forever.
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