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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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form	Occurrences
British Caribbean colonies	2
Atlantic slave trade	1
British Caribbean territories	1
British West Indies (historical region)	1
Caribbean English-speaking states	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 (13)

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

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

this entity surface form: Atlantic slave trade

British West Indies dollar → currencyOf → British West Indies ⓘ

Kingdom of Great Britain → hadColony → British West Indies ⓘ

British America → hasPart → British West Indies ⓘ

British Empire → hasPart → British West Indies ⓘ

Slavery Abolition Act 1833 → jurisdiction → British West Indies ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Caribbean colonies

Anglosphere → mayInclude → British West Indies ⓘ

this entity surface form: Caribbean English-speaking states

British Virgin Islands → partOf → British West Indies ⓘ

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

Henri Christophe → placeOfBirth → British West Indies ⓘ

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

Slavery Abolition Act 1833 → regionWithLargestImpact → British West Indies ⓘ

Middle Passage → terminatesAt → British West Indies ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Caribbean colonies

British West Indies dollar → usedIn → British West Indies ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Caribbean territories