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==Emigration From Saint Lucia==
==Emigration From Saint Lucia==
KNOMAD Statistics: Emigrants: 56,500. Top destination countries: '''the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Canada, Barbados, the Virgin Islands (U.S.), Antigua and Barbuda, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, Sint Maarten (Dutch part).'''<ref>"St. Lucia", at KNOMAD, the Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development, https://www.knomad.org/data/migration/emigration?page=22. accessed 28 July 2021.</ref>
'''KNOMAD Statistics:''' Emigrants: 56,500. Top destination countries: '''the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Canada, Barbados, the Virgin Islands (U.S.), Antigua and Barbuda, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, Sint Maarten (Dutch part).'''<ref>"St. Lucia", at KNOMAD, the Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development, https://www.knomad.org/data/migration/emigration?page=22. accessed 28 July 2021.</ref>


==Records of       Emigrants in Their Destination Nations==
==Records of St. Lucia Emigrants in Their Destination Nations==
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==For Further Reading==
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Revision as of 19:07, 28 July 2021

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Saint Lucia Emigration and Immigration[edit | edit source]

"Emigration" means moving out of a country. "Immigration" means moving into a country.
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.

Immigration into Saint Lucia[edit | edit source]

  • The French were the first Europeans to settle on the island. They signed a treaty with the native Island Caribs in 1660. England took control of the island from 1663 to 1667. In ensuing years, it was at war with France fourteen times, and the rule of the island changed frequently (it was ruled seven times each by the French and British). In 1814, the British took definitive control of the island.
  • The institution of slavery was abolished on the island in 1836, as it was throughout the British Empire. After abolition, all former slaves had to serve a four-year "apprenticeship", to accustom them to the idea of freedom. During that period, they worked for their former masters for at least three-quarters of the work week. Full freedom was duly granted by the British in 1838. By that time, people of African ethnicity greatly outnumbered those of ethnic European background. People of Carib descent also comprised a minority on the island.

Emigration From Saint Lucia[edit | edit source]

KNOMAD Statistics: Emigrants: 56,500. Top destination countries: the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Canada, Barbados, the Virgin Islands (U.S.), Antigua and Barbuda, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, Sint Maarten (Dutch part).[1]

Records of St. Lucia Emigrants in Their Destination Nations[edit | edit source]

Dark thin font green pin Version 4.png One option is to look for records about the ancestor in the country of destination, the country they immigrated into. See links to immigration records for major destination countries below.

References[edit | edit source]

  1. "St. Lucia", at KNOMAD, the Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development, https://www.knomad.org/data/migration/emigration?page=22. accessed 28 July 2021.