Afro-Caribbeans are
Caribbean people who trace their heritage to
Sub-Saharan Africa in the period since
Christopher Columbus's arrival in the region in 1492. Other names for the group include African-Caribbean (especially in the UK branch of the diaspora), Afro-Antillean or Afro-West Indian. Between the 16th and 19th centuries, European-led
triangular trade brought African people to work as slaves in the Caribbean on various
plantations. Many Afro-Caribbeans also have non-African ancestry, such as European, South Asian, East Asian, Middle Eastern and Native American, as there has been intermarriage over the centuries.