Caribbean plantation owners feared the larger black population would rise up in rebellion. Slave Laws were designed to subdue the enslaved population. Arawak and Taino native Americans and their ...

and the Higuayagua Taino tribe. Classic Taino language is rooted in Ta-Maipurean Arawak, the main branch of Arawak. While it is true that Caribbean Spanish is inundated with more than 3,200 Taino ...