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| Antigua Island, in the West Indies, is an independent state with ties to Britain. The Native American people known as the Carib were living on the islands when Christopher Columbus arrived in 1493. A British settlement eventually colonized the island in 1632. | ||||||
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| Antigua and Barbuda; Colonialism and Colonies; West Indies | ||||||
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