The History of Puerto Rico: From the Spanish Discovery to the American OccupationVan Middeldyk, R. A. (Rudolph Adams)
History
The History of Puerto Rico: From the Spanish Discovery to the American Occupation
Van Middeldyk, R. A. (Rudolph Adams)
Puerto Rico -- History
Salazar, Diego do, heroic conduct of;
defeats Indians.
San German founded.
San Juan, only settlement in Puerto
Rico not destroyed by the French;
the fort, "Fortaleza," still used as
governor's residence, built in 1540;
fortification and improvement of;
attacked by English fleet, under Drake;
captured by English, 120; evacuated by the
English; attacked by English;
history of; replaces Capárra as the
capital.
San Juan Bautista, island of (Puerto
Rico).
Santa Cruz taken and held by the French.
Santo Domingo, discovery of.
Schools, number and attendance of, in
1889.
Sedeño, Contador of Puerto Rico; his
peculations and death.
Slavery, Indians placed in, through the
system of "distribution.".
Slavery, negro, introduced into Santo
Domingo; favored by Church and State; first
negro slaves in Puerto Rico; discussion of
its abolition; abolition of; its history in
the island; introduced to replace lost labor
of the Indians; England contracts to take
140,000 slaves into the Spanish-American
colonies in thirty years; slaves emancipated.
Spain, Alexander VI divides the world
between Spain and Portugal; effects of her
disastrous wars; sends fleet against
pirates in the West Indies; abolishes
the slave-trade.
Spaniards, number of, in Puerto Rico;
as colonists in Puerto Rico; no women
among early settlers.
Storms, damages by.
Sugar;
the industry injured by production of
beet-sugar.
Tiedra, Vasco de, Governor of Puerto
Rico.
Tobacco, its cultivation permitted by a
special law.
Trade, its growth.
United States sends army to Puerto Rico;
acquires the island.
Weyler, General, his inhuman proceedings
in Cuba.
Windward Islands, discovered by Columbus.
Women, none among early Spanish settlers;
education of, neglected.
Zambos, mixture of negro and Indian.
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