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Caribbean
Voyages of exploration took the Europeans to the Americas in the 1400s, or, as they knew it, to the 'New World'. In areas like the Caribbean Islands, they established 'plantations', where they grew crops such as sugar and tobacco. These were luxury goods produced for the European market.
The enslaved Africans who worked on the plantations received no form of payment and were brutally treated. They were separated from their families and from people who shared their language and customs. Even when the slave trade was ended in 1807, enslaved Africans were still not not free until 1834. After this time many still worked for their old owners as 'apprentices'until 1838, and thereafter many had no choice but to continue working for their old owners for low wages.
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