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Forum: Caribbean

Mar 22nd 2020, 8:11 pm

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Slavery - alive and well in the caribbeanSo next time somebody tells you about t

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Posted By Gordon Barlow

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You would think not, although they ("They"!) did switch from Bahamas to Cayman back in the '70s smoothly enough.

But there is actually not the slightest wish for independence here, from the local...

Forum: Caribbean

Dec 31st 2019, 4:19 am

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Slavery - alive and well in the caribbeanSo next time somebody tells you about t

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Posted By Gordon Barlow

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It's a nice thought,Yorkey, but the whole indentured-labour thing exists (at least in the British colonies) with the blessing of the UK's Foreign & Commonwealth Office. Cayman is the regional HQ of...

Forum: Caribbean

Nov 7th 2019, 3:17 am

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Slavery - alive and well in the caribbeanSo next time somebody tells you about t

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Posted By Gordon Barlow

Re: Slavery - alive and well in the caribbeanSo next time somebody tells you abo

Fair enough, scot - but Cayman is a British colony still, so technically we are in your jurisdiction. What to do, eh?

Forum: Caribbean

Nov 5th 2019, 6:43 pm

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Slavery - alive and well in the caribbeanSo next time somebody tells you about t

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Posted By Gordon Barlow

Re: Slavery - alive and well in the caribbeanSo next time somebody tells you abo

Here's a useful link to a report on the modern slave-trade. In the Caribbean it's common to import domestic servants from faraway places, bonded to specified employers. During my forty years in...

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