A West Indian is a native or inhabitant of the West Indies (the Antilles and the Lucayan Archipelago). In the 1597 Oxford English Dictionary (OED), the term West Indian initially …

Caribbean Americans or West Indian Americans are Americans who trace their ancestry to the West Indies in particular or Caribbean in general. Caribbean Americans are a multi-ethnic and …

The West Indies is an island subregion of the Americas, surrounded by the North Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, which comprises 13 independent island countries and 19 …

West Indies, crescent-shaped group of islands more than 2,000 miles (3,200 km) long separating the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, to the west and south, from the Atlantic Ocean, to …

Jun 26, 2024 · West Indian is a term used to describe people from the Caribbean region. While it is not an ethnicity itself, individuals from the West Indies can belong to various ethnic groups, …

Jun 22, 2024 · Modern West Indian people usually identify with their specific ethnic ancestry. This includes various subgroups such as Afro-Caribbean (descendants of bonded African slaves), …

Using our library and archive, in conjunction with other collections, the West India Committee works to reveal the hidden histories of the peoples of the Caribbean and their diasporas …

Jan 27, 2022 · By 1930, an estimated 100,000 Black migrants from the Caribbean (used here interchangeably with West Indian) were living in the United States, mostly in New York, South …

Jun 24, 2024 · During the time when both India and the West Indies were under British rule, a significant number of people from India migrated to the West Indies as laborers. These …

Blacks in the United States of West Indian ancestry come mainly either from the British West Indies (Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Jamaica, the Leeward Islands, …