The island now known as Saint Vincent was originally named Youloumain[2] by the native Caribs who called themselves Kalina/Carina ("l" & "r" pronounced the same in their tongue). The Caribs aggressively prevented European settlement on Saint Vincent until 1719. Prior to this, formerly enslaved Africans, who had either been shipwrecked or who had escaped from Barbados, Saint Lucia and Grenada and sought refuge in mainland Saint Vincent, intermarried with the Caribs and became known as Black Caribs or Garifuna.
Posted on: Mon, 10 Jun 2013 09:31:00 +0000
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