Sugar plantation economy in Barbados (1627–1834)

1. English settlement founded at Holetown

   Feb 17, 1627Labels: Holetown, English colonists

   • Britannica
   • Barbados wiki

2. Barbados House of Assembly established

   Jun 26, 1639Labels: Barbados House, planters

   • Barbados Parliament wiki
   • House Assembly wiki

3. Sugar planted for sugar production at Locust Hall

   Jan 1, 1640Labels: Locust Hall, Colonel Holdip

   • BNT Sugar Mills
   • UNESCO Tentative

4. “Sugar Revolution” transforms land and labor

   Jan 1, 1643Labels: Sugar Revolution, enslaved Africans

   • UNESCO Tentative
   • Britannica

5. Planters adopt Brazilian sugar-making techniques

   Jan 1, 1646Labels: Brazilian techniques, muscovado sugar

   • BNT Sugar Mills
   • UNESCO Tentative

6. Treaty of Oistins ends blockade and confirms control

   Jan 11, 1652Labels: Treaty of, Parliamentarian forces

   • Britannica
   • History Barbados wiki

7. Comprehensive Barbados Slave Code enacted

   Sep 24, 1661Labels: Barbados Slave, planter law

   • UNB Laws
   • Slave Code wiki

8. Sugar and rum dominate Barbadian economy

   Jan 1, 1700Labels: Sugar industry, rum production

   • UNESCO Tentative
   • Britannica

9. British Slave Trade Act takes effect

   May 1, 1807Labels: British Slave, British Parliament

   • Legislation wiki
   • UK Parliament Hansard

10. Bussa’s Rebellion erupts across sugar estates

    Apr 14, 1816Labels: Bussa s, St Philip

    • UK Nat Archives
    • Bussa wiki

11. Slavery Abolition Act begins emancipation via apprenticeship

    Aug 1, 1834Labels: Slavery Abolition, apprenticeship

    • Slavery Act wiki
    • ScienceDirect 2023

12. Barbados passes early-termination apprenticeship legislation

    Jan 1, 1838Labels: Apprenticeship termination, Barbados legislation

    • UNB Laws
    • Slavery Act wiki