According to historians and various research, there were several groups of individuals such as the Paleo Indians, Meso Indians and Neo Indians that occupied the region before Columbus came. When he arrived the Neo Indians where the natives. Therefore, how could someone discover any territory that was already inhabited?
        We are constantly presented with the idea that Columbus discovered the Caribbean because, at the time of his arrival, the Europeans had the power and resources required to record history from their point of view while neglecting to mention the indigenous people and their unique culture. Therefore, by engaging in critical thinking instead of reiterating the story told from a ethnocentric perspective, I understand that the natives discovered the region.
       Although it is believed that civilization did not exist before Columbus arrived. it should be noted that each society has its own culture and values; therefore, different communities have different norms. As a result, it is imprecise to state that civilization did not exist before Columbus arrived. 
        The natives had their own system of governance and their society was structured in such a way that there was gender division of labor.  The indigenous people also had their own distinct dress code and women had cosmetics to maintain their standard of beauty. Additionally since the Neo Indians were a unified body who worked in harmony for society to function and civilization should be appreciated from this context.
       Regarding the natives as "primitive" is misleading as their livelihood should not be compared to the European society. What may be deemed as wrong in one society may be accepted in another. Each community would have it's own social construct. Hence, civilization transpired before the New World following Columbus' arrival.

        The idea of creating wealth was based on maintaining a favorable balance of trade and therefore agriculture created a commodity that could be traded. Agricultural science combined with Entrepreneurial business was a major factor that helped to create a Caribbean economy. The tremendous amount of Caribbean fertile land became natural laboratories for agricultural experimentation where capitalist invested in using resources to plant crops such as cotton, tobacco and mahogany. These industries gained economic success in some Caribbean territories.  All these successful plantations provided distinct tasks and skills  that were not found in the sugar industry. They also attracted many investors into the Caribbean region.
       Never-the-less, gradually as profit from those non-sugar industries began declining the Europeans turned to sugar-cane in order to sustain their wealth. Sugar-cane which first gained a huge amount of success in Barbados resulted in a shift from cash crops like cotton to the king of crops, sugar. Sugar changed the landholding pattern and developed the Caribbean in terms of maximizing wealth.

        Sugar was also responsible for developing the Caribbean region by creating diverse cultures as the industry demanded a massive labor force which lead to several minority groups arriving into the Caribbean. They bought with them their rich cultures, values, religion, music and norms and they also contributed to a mixture of different races which influenced the Caribbean's unique, diverse identity.

        Children under the age of six did not have to work; whereas, in the past they did. Hence, they were not enslaved. There was also the Stipendiary Magistrates available for the Africans to report any form of abuse inflicted on them by planters. After 40 1/2 hours of free labor on plantation fields, workers received a salary for extra labor. Although these conditions were flawed, we should bare in mind that wherever there is power, there is corruption. 

        Even though living conditions where still harsh and brutal for the Africans "Neither slavery nor enslavement" was occurring. This phrase shows that the Africans' experiences were indescribable.