First permanent English settlement founded at HoletownFeb 17, 1627Labels: Henry Powell, HoletownHistory BarbadosBarbados wiki
Bridgetown established as a second settlementJan 1, 1628Labels: Bridgetown, PortBridgetown wikiHoletown Chamber
Barbados House of Assembly first meetsJun 22, 1639Labels: Barbados House, Planter eliteAssembly wikiBarbados wiki
Sugarcane cultivation expands into commercial productionJan 1, 1640Labels: Sugarcane, Dutch BrazilKing s CollectionsHistory Barbados
Parliamentary fleet compels Barbados to surrenderJan 11, 1652Labels: Admiral George, Parliamentary fleetBCW ProjectTNA Charter
Sugar plantations drive rapid expansion of enslavementJan 1, 1655Labels: Sugar plantations, Enslaved AfricansHistory BarbadosKing s Collections
Barbados enacts comprehensive slave codeSep 24, 1661Labels: Barbados Slave, Barbadian legislatureUNB LawsSlave Code wiki
Plantation sugar economy becomes Barbados’s dominant systemJan 1, 1680Labels: Sugar estates, Plantation eliteKing s CollectionsHistory Barbados
Bussa’s Rebellion erupts across sugar estatesApr 14, 1816Labels: Bussa, Bussa's RebellionTNA EducationBussa wiki
British Parliament passes Slavery Abolition ActAug 28, 1833Labels: Slavery Abolition, British ParliamentHansardAbolition Act wiki
Slavery legally ends; apprenticeship begins in BarbadosAug 1, 1834Labels: Apprenticeship, BarbadosAbolition Act wikiDayton Review
Barbados act ends field-labor apprenticeship earlyJan 1, 1838Labels: Barbados Act, Field laborUNB LawsAbolition Act wiki
Full freedom arrives with apprenticeship endingAug 1, 1838Labels: Full freedom, Formerly enslavedUNB LawsAbolition Act wiki