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    From Paradise to Plantation: Environmental Change in 17th Century Barbados

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    Title
    From Paradise to Plantation: Environmental Change in 17th Century Barbados
    Author
    Cray, Ainsley
    Date
    August 2015
    Subject
    Barbados
    17th century
    environment
    sugar
    slavery
    tropical disease
    
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    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13013/538
    Abstract
    This paper examines the ways in which the environment of Barbados was altered after the founding of an English colony on the island in 1627. The rate and manner of change is addressed, as well as the ecology of the island before English colonization. Before English occupation, Barbados was primarily covered in thick tropical rainforest, and had no human population. Within several decades of settlement, the island was almost exclusively covered in sugar cane plantations, and supported a dense human population. The paper also looks at the consequences of environmental alteration. The change to a plantation ecology made many islanders wealthy and powerful, and made Barbados a major player in the world economy. But the changes made to the island ecosystem also impacted the health and mortality of the inhabitants, the economic growth of the colony, the prevalence of food shortages, and the heavy reliance on slave labor from Africa. Many of these consequences continued even after the 17th century, and some can be seen today.
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    Chomsky, Avi
    Department
    History
    Degree
    Master of Arts (MA)
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