British Caribbean Sugar Plantations: Barbados and Jamaica (1627–1834)

1. English settlement begins in Barbados

   Feb 17, 1627Labels: Barbados Colony, English settlers

   • Britannica
   • Totally Barbados

2. Barbados sugar “revolution” accelerates plantation slavery

   Jan 1, 1640Labels: Barbados, Sugar plantations

   • UNESCO
   • Britannica

3. England captures Jamaica during the Western Design

   May 21, 1655Labels: Jamaica Colony, Western Design

   • Britannica
   • Western Design

4. Barbados passes a comprehensive slave code

   Sep 24, 1661Labels: Barbados Slave, Barbados Assembly

   • UNB Laws
   • SlaveryLawPower

5. Treaty of Madrid recognizes English Jamaica

   Jul 8, 1670Labels: Treaty of, England Spain

   • Treaty Madrid
   • Britannica

6. Royal African Company expands English slave supply

   Jan 1, 1672Labels: Royal African, Slave trade

   • Britannica
   • UK Parliament

7. Maroon treaty reshapes Jamaican plantation security

   Jan 1, 1739Labels: Maroons, Cudjoe

   • Jamaican Maroons
   • Accompong

8. Jamaican sugar peaks amid mounting unrest

   Jan 1, 1750Labels: Jamaica, Sugar economy

   • Britannica

9. Tacky’s Revolt challenges Jamaica’s slave system

   Apr 7, 1760Labels: Tacky s, Enslaved rebels

   • Tacky Revolt
   • BlackPast

10. Britain abolishes its transatlantic slave trade

    Mar 25, 1807Labels: Slave Trade, British Parliament

    • UK Parliament
    • Slave Trade Act

11. Baptist War accelerates the end of slavery debate

    Dec 25, 1831Labels: Baptist War, Samuel Sharpe

    • Baptist War
    • Soton Archive

12. Slavery Abolition Act ends slavery in law

    Aug 28, 1833Labels: Slavery Abolition, British Parliament

    • Britannica
    • Slavery Act

13. Emancipation begins with apprenticeship in colonies

    Aug 1, 1834Labels: Apprenticeship system, Emancipation 1834

    • Britannica
    • Slavery Act