“Gold, sugar, slaves, this Caribbean trinity represented an enormous accession of wealth and power. Not surprisingly, Spain’s imperialist rivals insisted on their share. The Caribbean islands began their association with modern society as the pawn of European power politics, the cockpit of Europe, the arena of Europe’s wars hot and cold.”
—from From Columbus to Castro: The History of the Caribbean 1492-1969 by Eric Williams
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