Denmark was the first colonial power to mint coins specifically for a Caribbean colony and began striking those coins in 1840.

A final Courish attempt to establish a Caribbean colony involved a settlement near modern Toco on Trinidad.

In 1838, Dominica became the only British Caribbean colony to have an African-controlled legislature in the 19th century.

He believed that the English ban on slavery in the British Isles should be extended to the North American and Caribbean colonies.

Sweden then forced a settlement with Great Britain because it had been guaranteed the island which was strategically close to its other Caribbean colony.

The French were considered allies as they had abolished slavery in their Caribbean colonies in 1794.

It looked transported from some French Caribbean colony, all lacy ironwork and thunder and soft patois.

The British immediately opened up trade with their North American and Caribbean colonies, causing a rapid transformation of Cuban society.

Slavery was abolished in Spain's main Caribbean colony, Cuba, in 1888, over fifty years after the practice was outlawed across the British Empire.

The abolition of slavery in 1834 enabled Dominica by 1838 to became the only British Caribbean colony to have a Black-controlled legislature in the 19th century.