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British Caribbean Plantation Slavery: Barbados and Jamaica under British Rule (1650–1838)

British Caribbean Plantation Slavery: Barbados and Jamaica under British Rule (1650–1838)

  1. English seizure of Jamaica from Spain

    Labels: Oliver Cromwell, Jamaica, Western Design

  2. Barbados enacts comprehensive slave code

    Labels: Barbados, Slave Code, Plantation Law

  3. Treaty of Madrid recognizes English Jamaica

    Labels: Treaty of, England, Spain

  4. Royal African Company chartered to supply enslaved labor

    Labels: Royal African, England, Transatlantic Trade

  5. Port Royal destroyed by earthquake and tsunami

    Labels: Port Royal, Jamaica, Earthquake 1692

  6. Peace treaty with Leeward Maroons (Cudjoe)

    Labels: Leeward Maroons, Cudjoe, Jamaica

  7. Tacky’s Revolt begins in eastern Jamaica

    Labels: Tacky, Jamaica, Slave Revolt

  8. Second Maroon War erupts in Jamaica

    Labels: Trelawny Town, Maroon War, Jamaica

  9. Slave Trade Act receives Royal Assent

    Labels: Slave Trade, British Parliament, 1807

  10. Bussa’s Rebellion in Barbados

    Labels: Bussa, Barbados, Slave Rebellion

  11. Baptist War (Christmas Rebellion) begins

    Labels: Baptist War, Jamaica, Christmas Rebellion

  12. Slavery Abolition Act receives Royal Assent

    Labels: Slavery Abolition, British Parliament, 1833

  13. Emancipation takes effect; apprenticeship begins

    Labels: Emancipation 1834, Apprenticeship, British Caribbean

  14. Apprenticeship ends; full emancipation in colonies

    Labels: Full Emancipation, Apprenticeship End, British Caribbean