Making Waves: How the West Indies Shaped the United States

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The West Indian impact on the United States goes far beyond the human and natural resources mined and exploited during slavery in the New World.  And even though the West Indies and the US are inextricably linked by these binding influences, much untapped information still exists.

By: Debbie Jacob

 

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The West Indian contribution to the United States goes far beyond its influence to the human and natural resources mined and exploited during slavery in the New World. And even though the West Indies and the United States are inextricably linked by this binding influence, so much information still exists and so many stories yet untold of the Caribbean men, women and islands that have impacted American history, politics, economics and culture during that period and long thereafter.

In Making Waves: How the West Indies Shaped the United States, author Debbie Jacob gives an exciting and vivacious account of the Caribbean islands and the famous West Indians who have shaped American society, from the 1700s to the present.

The collection of 30 stories feature the contributions made by renowned West Indians such as Alexander Hamilton, Oscar de la Renta, Bob Marley, Sidney Poitier and Marcus Garvey, at every turn highlighting the ingenuity and significance of the West Indies and its people. Engaging and illuminating, Making Waves also features the crucial yet little known role Barbados played in winning the American Revolutionary War as well as how a West Indian woman started the witch hysteria in Salem.

 

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