Garinagu Belizeans
the garinagu (singular garifuna) mix of west/central african, arawak, , carib ancestry. though captives removed homelands, never documented slaves. 2 prevailing theories in 1635, either survivors of 2 recorded shipwrecks, or somehow took on ship came on.
throughout history have been incorrectly labelled black caribs. when british took on saint vincent , grenadines after treaty of paris in 1763, opposed french settlers , garinagu allies. garinagu surrendered british in 1796. british separated more african-looking garifunas more indigenous-looking ones. 5,000 garinagu exiled grenadine island of baliceaux. however, 2,500 of them survived voyage roatán, island off coast of honduras. garifuna language belongs arawakan language family, has large number of loanwords carib languages , english.
because roatán small , infertile support population, garinagu petitioned spanish authorities of honduras allowed settle on mainland coast. spanish employed them soldiers, , spread along caribbean coast of central america. garinagu settled in seine bight, punta gorda , punta negra, belize way of honduras 1802. however, in belize 19 november 1832 date officially recognised garifuna settlement day in dangriga. according 1 genetic study ancestry on average 76% sub saharan african, 20% arawak/carib , 4% european.
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