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The Guyana StoryFrom Earliest Times to Independence traces the countrys history from thousands of years ago when the first Amerindian groups began to settle on the Guyana territory. It examines the period of early European exploration leading to Dutch colonization, the forcible introduction of African slaves to work on cotton and sugar plantations, the effects of European wars, and the final ceding of the territory to the British who ruled it as their colony until they finally granted it independence in 1966. The book also tells of Indian, Chinese, and Portuguese indentured immigration and shows how the cultural interrelationships among the various ethnic groups introduced newer forms of con...
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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 68. Chapters: Dutch West India Company, Walter Raleigh, Viceroyalty of New Granada, Georgetown, Guyana, Transport in Guyana, Charles Waterton, Jim Jones, Demerara rebellion of 1823, Guayana Esequiba, British Guiana, British West Indian labour unrest of 1934-1939, Berbice High School, New Kingdom of Granada, New Amsterdam, Guyana, Quamina, Stabroek, Guyana, Guyanese dollar, David Milne, Robert Hermann Schomburgk, Railways in Guyana, Jack Gladstone, Kaieteur Falls, Hereford, Portuguese community in Guyana, Erne, Avon, Fort Kyk-Over-Al, List of Governors of Brit...