British West Indies

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Caribbean region former British colony historical region

The British West Indies were a group of Caribbean colonies under British rule, central to the Atlantic slave trade and plantation-based sugar economy from the 17th to 19th centuries.

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All labels observed (14)

Label	Occurrences
British West Indies canonical	27
British Caribbean colonies	6
Province of the West Indies	3
British Caribbean	2
West Indies	2
Atlantic slave trade	1
British Caribbean territories	1
British Jamaica	1
British West Indies (historical region)	1
British West Indies colonial system	1
British colony of Trinidad	1
British_Empire_in_the_Caribbean	1
Caribbean English-speaking states	1
Caribbean colonies	1

Statements (59)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Caribbean region ⓘ former British colony ⓘ historical region ⓘ
centralTo	British West Indies self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Atlantic slave trade
colonialPower	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
economyType	plantation economy ⓘ
endTime	20th century ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Afro-Caribbean people ⓘ European colonists ⓘ enslaved Africans ⓘ indentured laborers from India ⓘ
governedBy	Colonial Office ⓘ
hasPart	Antigua and Barbuda ⓘ surface form: Antigua Bahamas ⓘ Barbados ⓘ British Guiana ⓘ Belize ⓘ surface form: British Honduras Cayman Islands ⓘ Dominica ⓘ Grenada ⓘ Jamaica ⓘ Leeward Islands ⓘ Montserrat ⓘ Nevis ⓘ Saint Kitts and Nevis ⓘ surface form: Saint Kitts Saint Lucia ⓘ Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ⓘ surface form: Saint Vincent Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ surface form: Tobago Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ surface form: Trinidad Turks and Caicos Islands ⓘ Leeward Islands ⓘ surface form: Virgin Islands Windward Islands ⓘ
influenced	Afro-Caribbean music ⓘ Caribbean Creole cultures ⓘ Caribbean cuisine ⓘ
laborSystem	chattel slavery ⓘ
legalSystem	English law ⓘ
locatedIn	Americas ⓘ Caribbean Sea ⓘ
majorCrop	sugarcane ⓘ
majorExport	molasses ⓘ rum ⓘ sugar ⓘ
partOf	British Empire ⓘ West Indies Federation ⓘ surface form: British West Indies Federation
religion	Anglicanism ⓘ Protestantism ⓘ
significantEvent	Morant Bay Rebellion ⓘ Slavery Abolition Act 1833 ⓘ West Indies Federation ⓘ abolition of the slave trade in the British Empire ⓘ apprenticeship system after emancipation ⓘ emancipation of enslaved Africans ⓘ
startTime	17th century ⓘ
usedCurrency	British West Indies dollar ⓘ pound sterling ⓘ
usedLanguage	English ⓘ

Referenced by (49)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kingdom of Great Britain → hadColony → British West Indies ⓘ

British West Indies → centralTo → British West Indies self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Atlantic slave trade

Slavery Abolition Act 1833 → jurisdiction → British West Indies ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Caribbean colonies

Slavery Abolition Act 1833 → regionWithLargestImpact → British West Indies ⓘ

British Empire → hasPart → British West Indies ⓘ

British West Indies dollar → currencyOf → British West Indies ⓘ

British West Indies dollar → usedIn → British West Indies ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Caribbean territories

Anglosphere → mayInclude → British West Indies ⓘ

this entity surface form: Caribbean English-speaking states

British Virgin Islands → partOf → British West Indies ⓘ

Middle Passage → terminatesAt → British West Indies ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Caribbean colonies

British America → hasPart → British West Indies ⓘ

Henri Christophe → placeOfBirth → British West Indies ⓘ

this entity surface form: British West Indies (historical region)

British colonial period in Jamaica → partOf → British West Indies ⓘ

19th Light Dragoons → theatreOfOperations → British West Indies ⓘ

this entity surface form: West Indies

Navigation Act 1696 → appliesToJurisdiction → British West Indies ⓘ

Navigation Acts (England) → appliesToJurisdiction → British West Indies ⓘ

British Empire legal system → appliedInTerritory → British West Indies ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Caribbean

Great Upheaval → significantPlace → British West Indies ⓘ

this entity surface form: Caribbean colonies

John Gladstone → businessRegion → British West Indies ⓘ

Colonial government of Trinidad and Tobago → partOf → British West Indies ⓘ

British colonial intelligence → appliesToJurisdiction → British West Indies ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Caribbean colonies

Molasses Act 1733 → appliesToJurisdiction → British West Indies ⓘ

Colony of Jamaica → partOf → British West Indies ⓘ

Marian Marsh → birthTerritory → British West Indies ⓘ

Bishop of Bermuda → ecclesiasticalProvince → British West Indies ⓘ

this entity surface form: Province of the West Indies

Port Royal → partOf → British West Indies ⓘ

Premier of Jamaica → locatedInJurisdiction → British West Indies ⓘ

Cockburn Harbour → partOf → British West Indies ⓘ

Diocese of Barbados → churchProvince → British West Indies ⓘ

this entity surface form: Province of the West Indies

Diocese of Jamaica and the Cayman Islands → territorialUnit → British West Indies ⓘ

this entity surface form: Province of the West Indies

Stephen R. Mallory → placeOfBirth → British West Indies ⓘ

First Maroon War → locatedIn → British West Indies ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Jamaica

Governor of Jamaica → partOf → British West Indies ⓘ

this entity surface form: British West Indies colonial system

Second Maroon War → locatedIn → British West Indies ⓘ

Province of Trinidad → successor → British West Indies ⓘ

this entity surface form: British colony of Trinidad

Henry Lascelles, 1st Earl of Harewood → regionOfActivity → British West Indies ⓘ

this entity surface form: West Indies

Slave Coast → exportDestination → British West Indies ⓘ

Sir Wilfred Ebenezer Jacobs → regionOfActivity → British West Indies ⓘ

Bussa → placeOfActivity → British West Indies ⓘ

Clement Osbourne Payne → regionOfActivity → British West Indies ⓘ

Legislative Council of Trinidad and Tobago → locatedIn → British West Indies ⓘ

Sarah Ann Gill → regionOfActivity → British West Indies ⓘ

Monarch_of_the_United_Kingdom_in_British_Honduras → colonialContext → British West Indies ⓘ

this entity surface form: British_Empire_in_the_Caribbean

Royal instructions → appliesToJurisdiction → British West Indies ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Caribbean colonies

House of Representatives of the West Indies Federation → regionRepresented → British West Indies ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Caribbean

British Caribbean Federation Act 1956 → jurisdiction → British West Indies ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Caribbean colonies

British Caribbean Federation Act 1956 → appliesTo → British West Indies ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Caribbean colonies

Senate of the West Indies Federation → countryDuringExistence → British West Indies ⓘ