The Spanish conquistadors embarked on slaving expeditions in and around St. Vincent following royal sanction in 1511, driving the inhabitants to the rugged interior, but the Spanish were not able to settle the island.Rogozinski, January 2000. A Brief History of the Caribbean: From the Arawak to the Present. Plume, New York, New York. In the 1500s Columbus and the conquistadors noted there was a significantly large African population living amongst the native population, whom they assumed had come from shipwrecked slave ships or escaped from St. Lucia or Grenada to seek refuge in St. Vincent. They were called "Black Caribs", but are now known as Garifuna.
the spanish conquistadors embarked on slaving expeditions in and around st vincent following royal sanction in 1511 driving the inhabitants to the rugged interior but the spanish were not able to settle the islandrogozinski january 2000 a brief history of the caribbean from the arawak to the present plume new york new york in the 1500s columbus and the conquistadors noted there was a significantly large african population living amongst the native population whom they assumed had come from shipwrecked slave ships or escaped from st lucia or grenada to seek refuge in st vincent they were called "black caribs" but are now known as garifuna