Post-Emancipation Migration
1. The largest number of immigrants in
the British Caribbean during the
1800s came from
a. Europe
b. China
c. India
d. Africa
2. The majority of immigrants brought
to work in the British West Indies in
the years between Emancipation and
the First World War were employed
as
a. Small farmers
b. Unskilled labourers
c. Factory hands
d. shopkeepers
3. The British government was
reluctant to authorize African
immigration to the Caribbean after
the abolition of slavery MAINLY
because the
a. Africans were too numerous in
the colonies
b. Scheme was too expensive to
operate
c. Africans were opposed to the
scheme
d. Scheme could lead to a new form
of slavery
4. One of the MAIN reasons for
encouraging white immigrants to the
British Caribbean after emancipation
was to
a. Provide highly skilled persons to
manage the sugar industry
b. Reduce the imbalance in number
between black and white
populations
c. Encourage better relations
between the black and white
populations
d. Reduce the rate of
unemployment in Britain
5. Which of the following describes a
very common pattern of migration in
the British Caribbean immediately
after emancipation?
a. From Guyana to Trinidad and
Barbados
b. From Trinidad to Barbados and
Guyana
c. From Barbados to Trinidad and
Jamaica
d. From Barbados to Trinidad and
Guyana
6. The migrants from the Windward
Islands to Guyana, Trinidad and
Belize after 1838 were interested
MAINLY in
a. Settling on unused lands
b. Working on sugar estates
c. Practicing their religion freely
d. Establishing retail shops
7. The migrants to Guyana and
Trinidad from the Eastern Caribbean
Islands, after 1838 were interested
MAINLY in
a. Opening retail shops
b. Seeking higher wages
c. Working on sugar estates
d. Practicing their religion freely
8. Indentured workers were brought
from India to the Caribbean in the
19th century MAINLY to
a. Provide cheap labour for the
sugar industry
b. Reduce the surplus population of
India
c. Demonstrate new techniques in
sugar production
d. Assist in efforts to diversify
agriculture
9. Which of the following BEST
explains the opposition of the British
government to the large-scale
importation of Africans into the
Caribbean after 1838?
a. The labour force in the
Caribbean was already sufficient
b. Whites opposed a large increase
in the number of blacks
c. The British were afraid that new
immigrants would be violent
d. The scheme seemed like a
revival of slavery
10. African workers who came to the
British Caribbean after 1840 were
mainly
a. Bought from southern United
States
b. Smuggled from the West Coast
of Africa
c. Bought from Cuban and
Brazilian slavers
d. Rescued from captured slavers
and contracted to estates
11. Barbados did not require immigrants
after Emancipation MAINLY
because
a. Very little sugar was being
produced
b. The planters refused the loan
guaranteed by Britain
c. There was a labour surplus in the
island
d. The Barbados sugar industry was
mechanized
12. Which of the following did NOT
result from the introduction of
immigrant labourers to the Caribbean
after Emancipation?
a. Creation of conflict between
racial groups
b. Higher wages for most ex-slaves
c. Cultural diversity in the
Caribbean
d. Increased sugar production
13. Indentured workers from Madeira
brought elements of which culture to
the British Caribbean?
a. Indian
b. African
c. Chinese
d. Portuguese
14. The MOST significant contribution
of the Portuguese immigrants to the
economy of the British Caribbean in
the 1800s was in the
a. Provision of estate labour
b. Introduction of rice growing
c. Development of the retail trade
d. Formation of Portuguese
associations
15. Most Chinese immigrants were
brought to the British Caribbean
during the period
a. 1700-1750
b. 1750-1800
c. 1800-1850
d. 1850-1900
16. Which of the following was NOT a
result of Chinese immigration to the
Caribbean during the 19th century?
a. The introduction of Islam
b. The development of the retail
trade
c. The formation of Chinese
associations
d. The provision of estate labour
17. The MAIN reason why India was
preferred to China as a source of
immigrant labour was because Indian
immigrants were
a. Peasant farmers while the
Chinese were businessmen
b. Skilled in agriculture while the
Chinese were unskilled
c. Culturally more acceptable to the
large ex-slave population
d. Less expensive to import to the
Caribbean than the Chinese
18. East Indian immigrants were
introduced in the Caribbean in the
19th MAINLY to increase
a. The labour supply on slave
plantations
b. The production of rice
c. The number of retail traders
d. Investments in sugar plantations
19. Indian indentured labour was
introduced into the British Caribbean
in order to
a. Prevent the exslaves from getting
jobs
b. Help keep the colonies peaceful
c. Ease the labour problems of the
planters
d. Help introduce new crops into
the colonies
20. Which of the following were
conditions of Indian immigrant
employment on sugar estates in
1917?
I. Accommodation on the
estates
II. Payment for labour
III. Free medical care
a. I and II only
b. I and III only
c. II and III only
d. I, II and III
21. All of the following resulted from
the introduction of immigrants
labour to the West Indies after
emancipation EXCEPT
a. Creation of conflict between
racial groups
b. Higher wages for most exslaves
c. Increased sugar production
d. Cultural diversity in the region
22. Guyana and Trinidad received a
larger number of Indian immigrants
than other Caribbean colonies
MAINLY because
a. The planters in both colonies
needed more labourers
b. Indians preferred to go to these
two colonies
c. These two colonies wished to
introduce new crops
d. These two colonies were
geographically closer to India
23. Which of the following BEST
explains why Guyana and Trinidad
had the greatest need for immigrant
labour?
a. The planters wanted to introduce
new crops
b. The planters no longer employed
African labour
c. The creation of peasant villages
led to a labour shortage
d. The planters were slow to adopt
new labour-saving devices
24. Large-scale immigration to Trinidad
and Guyana between 1838 and 1870
led to
I. Cultural diversity in those
territories
II. Racial conflicts among the
ethnic groups
III. Economic development in
both territories
a. I only
b. I and II only
c. II and III only
d. I, II and III
25. Which factors BEST explains why
East Indians did not return home
after the period of indentureship was
over?
a. Some of them accepted grants of
money or land
b. Bounties were offered to induce
them to renew their contracts
 c. Many of them failed to take the
offer of a free return passage
home
d. Planters did not want them to
return to the low standard of life
in India

26. Which of the following did NOT

result form the immigration of
indentured labourers to the
Caribbean after emancipation?
a. The expansion of rice cultivation
in Guyana
b. The expansion of sugar
production in Barbados
c. The introduction of new religions
in the Caribbean
d. The introduction of a variety of
ethnic groups in Trinidad
27. Indian immigration was successful
because
a. It allowed the survival of the
sugar industry
b. The immigrants outperformed
the former enslaved
c. The sugar industry made more
money than it did before
d. It completely eradicated the
problems presented by the
exslaves