Place | Type | AsNotedIn | Area |
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Place | Type | AsNotedIn | Area |
Antigua | Island |
Physiography | |
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Physiographic feature | Archipelago |
Islands between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, east-southeast of Puerto Rico - The World Factbook
Particulars for Antigua and Barbuda: | |
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Locale Type | Nation |
Data | |
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Demonym: | Antiguan |
The Siboney were the first people to inhabit the islands of Antigua and Barbuda in 2400 B.C., but Arawak Indians populated the islands when COLUMBUS landed on his second voyage in 1493. Early Spanish and French settlements were succeeded by an English colony in 1667. Slavery, established to run the sugar plantations on Antigua, was abolished in 1834. The islands became an independent state within the British Commonwealth of Nations in 1981. - The World Factbook
Work | Type | AsNotedIn | Creator | Note |
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Annie John (book) | Book | Jamaica Kincaid |
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