Hispaniola’s native population collapsed within decades of Spanish conquest

Evidence

The decline was undoubtedly of disastrous proportions. Even accepting conservative estimates, the pre-Columbian population of Hispaniola must have fallen from about one hundred thousand to only a few hundred in 1570. To make up for the lack of natives, Negro slaves and Indians from the Bahamas were introduced at an early date. That measure alone proves that depopulation there was worse than on the mainland. — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 1899 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Hispaniola’s indigenous population collapsed from 750,000 to 29,000 within two decades; Hispaniola’s native population collapsed from 100,000 to a few hundred by 1570. — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 1899; European colonization triggered demographic collapse and forced removal that shattered existing Indigenous societies — The Social Consequences of Colonialism (+1 more)

Related

• Hispaniola’s native population collapsed from 100,000 to a few hundred by 1570. (similarity 0.97)
• Mexico’s native population collapsed from 25 million to about one million in nine decades (similarity 0.90)
• Spanish colonization reduced Hispaniola’s native population from 300,000 to under 500 in two decades (similarity 0.90)
• Hispaniola’s indigenous population collapsed from 750,000 to 29,000 within two decades (similarity 0.87)
• Hispaniola’s indigenous population collapsed from hundreds of thousands to near zero within decades (similarity 0.85)
• Saint-Domingue’s population was decimated across successive waves of settlers and slaves. (similarity 0.84)
• Mexico’s native population topped 25 million at the start of the 1500s (similarity 0.79)
• Precolonial Mexico had thirty million people (similarity 0.79)
• Indigenous population collapse, not royal decree, drove African labor demand (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Hispaniola’s indigenous population collapsed from 750,000 to 29,000 within two decades #corroborates (0.90)
• Hispaniola’s native population collapsed from 100,000 to a few hundred by 1570. #corroborates (0.90) — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 1899
• Mexico’s native population collapsed from 25 million to about one million in nine decades #exemplifies (0.60) — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 628