Carib Expulsion

(noun)

The French-led ethnic cleansing that terminated most of the Carib population in 1660 from present-day Martinique. This followed the French invasion in 1635 and its conquest of the people on the Caribbean island that made it part of the French colonial empire.

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Examples of Carib Expulsion in the following topics:

  • French Explorers

    • Local resistance by the indigenous peoples resulted in the Carib Expulsion of 1660.

  • Boreal Forests and Arctic Tundra

    • Notable animals in the Arctic tundra include caribou (reindeer ), musk ox, arctic hare, arctic fox, snowy owl, lemmings, and polar bears.
    • Some populations of the North American caribou migrate the farthest of any terrestrial mammal, traveling up to 5,000 km (3,100 mi) a year.

  • Brucellosis (Undulant Fever)

    • B. abortus also infects bison and elk in North America and B. suis is endemic in caribou.

  • Disease in the New World

    • Many island-based groups were annihilated: the Caribs and Arawaks of the Caribbean nearly ceased to exist, as did the Beothuks of Newfoundland.

  • The Exploration of Christopher Columbus

    • During his second voyage, Columbus sent a letter to the monarchs proposing to enslave some of the native American people, specifically from the Carib tribe, on the grounds of their independence-minded aggressiveness and their status as enemies of the Taíno tribe.
    • Although the Crown refused his petition, in February 1495, Columbus disobeyed the Queen and captured 1,600 people from the Arawak tribe, who were taken by the Carib as captives and slaves.

  • Partnership Agreements

    • Misconduct Expulsion - At times, it may be necessary to remove one partner due to poor behavior.

  • Louis XIV and the Huguenots

    • The Edict of Fontainebleau is compared by historians with the 1492 Alhambra Decree, ordering the Expulsion of the Jews from Spain, and with Expulsion of the Moriscos during 1609-1614.

  • Early Lifestyles

    • Large Pleistocene mammals were the giant beaver, steppe wisent, musk ox, mastodon, woolly mammoth, and ancient reindeer (early caribou). 

  • Inuit Art

    • The Dorset culture, which became culturally distinct around 600 BCE, produced a significant amount of figurative art using media such as walrus ivory, bone, caribou antler, and on rare occasions, stone.

  • Italian Gothic Sculpture: The Pisano Family

    • The figure of Prudence in the pulpit is thought to have been an inspiration for the Tuscan painter Masaccio in his Expulsion from the Garden of Eden.