This Day in History: St. Kitts and Nevis gain Independence

Key Points(5)
- Kitts and Nevis, Independence</h2> On this day in history, September 19, 1983, Saint Kitts and Nevis, officially called the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, is an island nation in the West Indies.
- Most of the people on these islands aredescendants of Africans who were originally brought to the islands as slaves.
- In 1493, Christopher Columbus landed on Saint Kitts and named the island Saint Christopher, after his patron saint also landed on Nevis.
- It wasn't until 1623 that English colonists began to settle on SaintChristopher's Island.
- At that time, the English shortened its name to Saint Kitts Island.









