Peter, thanks for welcoming Dr. G. to the List for us. Dr. G, have you done any studies on the Germans who came to Saint-Domingue from the failed expedition to Kourou (1764, I believe)? ... a really tragic story which runs parallel to the Germans that were brought to Louisiana during the time of the John Law Company. Best regards, Augusta Elmwood New Orleans ----- Original Message ----- From: "Spring" <spring@surfbvi.com> To: <caribbean@rootsweb.com> Cc: <gliech1@zedat.fu-berlin.de> Sent: Monday, September 14, 2009 5:02 PM Subject: Re: [Carib] Historical Research and Information Service (on) Saint Domingue/ Haiti > We must thank Dr Gliech for introducing himself to our List and updating > us on the development of his web site. He should feel free to correct > any inaccuracies in my description of it. > I have various reasons for my interest in his work, apart from wishing > to underline its value in telling us so much about the history of half > of Hispaniola, an island whose colonisation and struggles for > independence are only occasionally mentioned on our list: > > 1. Income from migrants to the cane fields of the D.R. (Dominican > Republic) was important to the economy of the BVI (British Virgin > Islands) up to the 1960s, but the flow is now reversed, spear-headed by > their Spanish-speaking descendants seeking to share in the BVI's modern > prosperity, based on the tourism and financial services industries. The > history of the two parts of Hispaniola (modern Haiti and the DR) are > closely intertwined (still evident during a recent holiday in the DR), > although most Haitians reaching the BVI now are illegal immigrants > seeking to enter the USA through the USVI (United States Virgin Islands) > > 2. Germans settled throughout the Caribbean, but their attempts to > establish their own colonies in the Virgin Islands archipelago in the > late 17th century were thwarted by Britain and Denmark. After an > abortive attempt to set up a plantation on St Thomas, slave traders from > Brandenburg (capital: Berlin) tried to establish themselves on Peter > Island, just out of sight from my home, but Colonel Codrington, > Governor of the Leeward Islands, forced them out. > > 3. The successful transfer of the Danish West Indies to the United > States in 1917 (during the First World War) was driven by the US's fears > that they would fall into German hands, but they followed two earlier > abortive agreements to do so. The first treaty, to transfer just St > Thomas and St John to the USA, was signed in 1867, after a new > government in Denmark had overcome opposition to the loss of more > territory, as recent wars with Austria and the German state of Prussia > (capital: Berlin) had forced the Danes to cede to them its duchies of > Schleswig and Holstein. > ////// > 4.. My paternal grandfather was also born in Berlin, several decades > before Dr Gliech. I envy his linguistic abilities, as my own knowledge > of German is sadly under-developed. > > Best wishes > > Peter Moll > Tortola, BVI > > O.Gliech <gliech1@zedat.fu-berlin.de> wrote 11/09/2009: > > Dear colleagues, > > I am the author of the cited website Domingino. If you have any > questions concerning the list of former Domingan plantation owners or > the scientific quality of the service, I am ready to answer them here. > >>From time to time I will add new material of general interest on my > website; many of these informations will be free of charge. Today I > made the official "list of parishes and municipalities of the former > colony of Saint Domingue", dressed by the French Royal Indemnity > Commission in 1829, available to the public. You may find it here: > http://www.domingino.de/stdomin/index_st_dom_eng.html. > > Best wishes, > > Dr. des. Oliver Gliech (Berlin/Germany) > >> On 30 Aug., 04:28, "augustae" <augus...@bellsouth.net> wrote: >> >>> Thanks, Peter !! That was so very kind and patient of you to do that. >>> I >>> appreciate the time I know you must have spent exploring it. >>> >>> Augusta >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Spring" <spr...@surfbvi.com> >>> To: <caribb...@rootsweb.com>; "Augusta Elmwood" <augus...@bellsouth.net> >>> Sent: Friday, 28 August, 2009 21:09 >>> Subject: [Carib] Historical Research and Information Service (on) Saint >>> Domingue/ Haiti (was: From the GHC Liste ...) >>> **After dissecting this interesting web site, I can describe its main >>> contents at present, but be aware that its pages may be removed for >>> revision and new ones added by its originator, Dr Oliver Gliech, at any >>> time, as he is only in the early stages of developing this "Historical >>> Research and Information Service (on) Saint Domingue/ Haiti". It is >>> based on the resources he consulted for his doctoral thesis on "The >>> Slave Uprising of Saint-Domingue and the French Revolution" (to be >>> published in 2010) and will be the first part of a Regional History of >>> Latin America. Multilingual versions of his web pages will be linked >>> through icons of the French, German, UK and U.S national flags.... >>> (more) > *************************** > The Caribbean List now has a Resources Page at Historic Antigua and > Barbuda http://www.rootsweb.com/~atgwgw/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CARIBBEAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.409 / Virus Database: 270.13.97/2370 - Release Date: 09/14/09 11:36:00