Epidemics, Slavery, Massacres, and Indigenous Resistance 1492-1599

1508-1511

Genocide in the West Indies

Map of the Caribbean with the Lesser Antilles highlighted in green. Image: Uniongreen113
Map of the Caribbean with the Lesser Antilles highlighted in green. Image: Uniongreen113

The Caribbean population of the Lesser Antilles is mostly exterminated (Nies, 1996).

Traumatic Event