Jacqueline Grant
Remembering Jacques Stéphen Alexis
One of the perks of being a University of Miami (UM) alum (twice) and living in Miami is the opportunity to participate in the vibrant...
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Jacqueline Grant
- Jul 31, 2022
- 4 min
Ariadne - A 19th Century Cuban Plantation
On a clear March day in 1851, on the Cuban sugar plantation called Ariadne, a dance took place. According to the Swedish woman who later...
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Jacqueline Grant
- Jun 15, 2022
- 2 min
The Jamaican Diaspora
The term “diaspora” refers to the dispersal of a group of people from their original homeland. This term has been used to refer to the...
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Jacqueline Grant
- Jun 11, 2022
- 2 min
The African Dance
In our previous blog, we wrote about the harsh life of the enslaved Africans and their descendants who were forced to do back-breaking...
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Jacqueline Grant
- Jun 3, 2022
- 2 min
The Not-So-Sweet History of Caribbean Sugar
In 1492, when the Spaniards first sailed into the waters of the Caribbean, they not only encountered people and places they did not know...
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Jacqueline Grant
- Feb 26, 2022
- 1 min
Jamaicans in Ukraine
As the world watches Russian aggression against Ukraine in horror - Jamaican students struggle to safety:
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Jacqueline Grant
- Jan 28, 2022
- 2 min
The ABC Islands
From left to right: Curaçao, Aruba, and Bonaire in modern times In 1634, almost 150 years after Christopher Columbus sailed into the...
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Jacqueline Grant
- Jun 5, 2021
- 1 min
A Fairy Named Petal
A few years ago I was on a research trip to Madrid, Spain and I visited the Royal Botanical Gardens. The gardens are arranged on a formal...
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Jacqueline Grant
- Jun 4, 2021
- 1 min
Slaves Waiting for Sale
This painting is called, “Slaves Waiting for Sale”. The English artist, Eyre Crowe, first sketched it in 1853. Once he had completed the...
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Jacqueline Grant
- Jun 4, 2021
- 2 min
From Africa to the Caribbean
The images that are shown below help us to visualize how the enslaved Africans were transported across the Atlantic to the New World. The...
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Jacqueline Grant
- May 1, 2021
- 2 min
A Portuguese Feitoria (Factory)
Long before the first African slave was brought to the Caribbean, slavery had been a part of the trade system in the Atlantic world. The...
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Jacqueline Grant
- May 1, 2021
- 3 min
Peek Inside Columbus's Diary
The actual journal written by Christopher Columbus has been lost. What we have is a copy made in the sixteenth century by the friar...
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Jacqueline Grant
- Apr 22, 2021
- 2 min
Columbus and the Capitulation of Granada
I use this image as an opening activity in my class because of the interesting connections it allows my students to make. It gives them a...
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Jacqueline Grant
- Apr 11, 2021
- 1 min
A Word About Time
For many, many years (as far back as the Middle Ages) when historians and other scholars wrote of specific periods in history, they would...
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Jacqueline Grant
- Sep 26, 2020
- 2 min
A Pre-Columbian Travel Destination
Have you ever wondered where the people who were living in the Caribbean islands when Christopher Columbus arrived came from? Long before...
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