In 1623, Sir Thomas Warner, his family, and fourteen
others arrived on the island at what is now Sandy
Point. These English settlers were soon followed
by Pierre Belain d'Esnambue, leader of French settlers,
in 1625. The two groups wiped out the inhabitants
of the island, Arawaks and Caribs, in a massacre
at Bloody Point in 1626. African people were brought
to the island from the 1630's to work as slaves
on sugar and tobacco plantations. As a result, a
rich culture combining elements from Africa, Europe
and native America has evolved.
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