My family history ferom 1900- present

Guyana is located on the main land of South America and gained independence on May 26th, 1966. Before Guyana became an independent country it was called British Guyana and was ruled by the British. In the 1700s the British brought Africans as slaves to Guyana where they were beaten and treated harshly to work on the plantations without being paid, this went on for some time until the African slaves had enough, one of the slave name cuffy fought for freedom in the 1800s, the Africans were then free from slavery and were allowed to have their own communities and the opportunity to grow and sell food. The British plantation then had a labor shortage since they were no more slaves, so they decided to look for laborers from another country.
After the abolishment of slavery in the British Caribbean, The British went to India where there were poverty and unemployment; The British then use this to their advantage. The East Indians were desperate to escape from the poverty, unemployment and decaying conditions. They left their motherland, families and home behind as they headed to the new world. Two British ships left India, the Whitby which had two hundred and forty four East Indians and the Hesperus which left India January 29th, 1838, had one hundred and sixty five East Indians. The long voyage to Guyana lasted five months and brought sea sick, hunger and diseases to the Indians, a lot of the Indians died because of this. The East Indians arrived in Guyana on my 5th, 1838. They did not realize until it was too late that they would never see their mother land and families again as many had planned to return home with their savings. Unlike Africans who were kidnapped, chained and forced into slavery, most of the Indians boarded the sh...

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...United States February 13, 2010, which was one of the happiest moments of our lives we finally got the chance to be with our mother again and live as a family. When I first came to the united stated I was just home for one year because I had already completed high school back in Guyana, then I did my GED in 2011 and got a job at a wholesaler jewelry place, where I was required to travel a lot to different states so I didn’t got a change to start college since I was travelling a lot. This went on for some time and then I had to call it quit I love travelling but I wanted to go to college. In 2013 I started college in spring majoring in accounting, I still kept my job but I’m just not travelling anymore. My short term goal is to complete college and get my bachelor degree and my long term goal is to own my own accounting firm, get a house and have a family of my own.