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The Effects of Colonization in Barbados
Have you ever been to Barbados? Barbados has been known as a popular vacation spot located among of the many islands in the Caribbean. The island offers a variety of activities you can pick, you can go sightseeing, snorkeling, or even have a romantic getaway. Various Amerindian civilizations have flourished in Barbados. Barbadians have traits similar to the slaves that were brought there years ago. The island became so popular that settlers from Europe became attracted to the island more so than the mainland colonies. Barrow played a significant role in getting Barbados the freedom that it deserved. Although Britain forced slavery on the people of Barbados for many years, they ultimately helped the country …show more content…

(Finkelman and Miller). Hispaniola, the island that today is known as Haiti and the Dominican Republic, alongside other Spanish ruled islands are the places that many natives were transported to (Mulraine). They went to these islands to work in farming and mining (Mulraine). While other natives left by choice and for their safety. Barbados developed the largest market for African slaves in the Caribbean during the seventeenth century (Finkelman and Miller). In the early 1650s, Barbados took place of Hispaniola by creating an outcome of £3 million from making sugar (Finkelman and Miller). Becoming known as the “sugar center” of the Caribbean, and mentioned as the richest place in the new world (Finkelman and Miller). Barbados developed the largest market for African slaves in the Caribbean during the seventeenth century (Finkelman and Miller). Nevertheless, Barbados continued to make changes and improve the …show more content…

The narrator is a nine year old girl, visiting her grandmother along with her mother and sister on a boat in 1937. Throughout the story, it describes the culture of the Barbadian people and the environment of Barbados.”...liked her grandchildren to be “white,” that is, fair-skinned; and we had, I was to discover, a number of cousins, the outside children of white estate managers...”, It is evident that the grandmother had to assimilate and change her culture due to the effects of slavery. “...consisting of a small orchard, a good-sized cane piece,...” the story reveals Barbados history of sugar

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