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Originally Posted by Jim_Gunn
The term West Indies or West Indian has NOTHING to do with India or people from India. It goes back to when Columbus landed in the Caribbean, he thought he was in India somewhere. Most of the people in the "West Indies" are decendenta of African slaves, mixed with Europeans and native American "Indians".
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ur correct with the NAME ITSELF "WEST INDIES", but now MODERN DEF'N of west indians are described as COOLIES (Indians in the Caribbean)
ok, ill just add some stuff on ur lil blurb...
A decade after slavery was abolished in 1834, the British government gave permission for the colonians to import indentured labour from India to work on the plantations. Throughout the remainder of the century, Trinidad's population growth came primarily from East Indian laborers. By 1871, there were 27,425 East Indians, approximately 22 percent of the population of Trinidad and Tobago; by 1911 that figure had grown to 110,911, or about 33 percent of all residents of the islands. According to the 2000 census there were 250,760 Hindus in T&T contributing 22.49% of the total population and 56.19% of the population of the Indo-Caribbeans.