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Emigration and immigration sources list the names of people leaving (emigrating) or arriving (immigrating) in the country. These sources may be passenger lists, permissions to emigrate, or records of passports issued. The information in these records may include the emigrants’ names, ages, occupations, destinations, and places of origin or birthplaces. Sometimes they also show family groups. | Emigration and immigration sources list the names of people leaving (emigrating) or arriving (immigrating) in the country. These sources may be passenger lists, permissions to emigrate, or records of passports issued. The information in these records may include the emigrants’ names, ages, occupations, destinations, and places of origin or birthplaces. Sometimes they also show family groups. | ||
[[Category:Emigration and Immigration Records]] | [[Category:Emigration and Immigration Records]] | ||
==Immigration into Saint Kitts and Nevis== | |||
*The first '''English colony''' was established in 1623, followed by a '''French colony''' in 1625. The English and French partitioned the island, with the English colonists in the middle and the French on either end. In 1629, a '''Spanish''' force sent to clear the islands of foreign settlement seized St. Kitts. The English settlement was rebuilt following the 1630 peace between England and Spain. The island '''alternated repeatedly between English (then British) and French control''' during the 17th and 18th centuries, as one power took the whole island, only to have it switch hands due to treaties or military action. Since 1783, Saint Kitts has been affiliated with the UK. | |||
*The island originally produced tobacco, but it changed to sugar cane in 1640 due to stiff competition from the colony of Virginia. The '''labour-intensive cultivation of sugar cane''' was the reason for the '''large-scale importation of African slaves'''. The importation began almost immediately upon the arrival of Europeans to the region. | |||
==Emigration From Saint Kitts and Nevis== | |||
==Contents: Slave Registers of former British Colonial Dependencies, 1813-1834== | ==Contents: Slave Registers of former British Colonial Dependencies, 1813-1834== | ||