Enslaved Africans were brought to North America from the 16th to 19th centuries during the Atlantic slave trade. Many of them were sent to the Caribbean. Ethnic groups that live in the Caribbean are: indigenous peoples, Africans, Indians, White Europeans, Chinese and Portuguese. The first White Europeans to arrive in the Dominican Republic were the Spanish in 1492. The Caribbean was also colonized and discovered by the Portuguese, English, Dutch and French.
Enslaved Africans. were brought to North America from the 16th to 19th centuries during the Atlantic slave trade Man,y of them were sent to the Caribbean. Ethnic groups that live in the Caribbean are: indigenous peoples, Africans, Indians, White Europeans Chines.e and Portuguese. The first White Europeans to arrive in the Dominican Republic were the Spanish in 1492 The Caribbean was also colonized and discovered by the Portuguese, English, Dutch and French.