The Island That Codified Slavery: Barbados 1661
Before the fantasy of Washington Black, there is law. In 1661, Barbados codified chattel slavery and became Britain's first servant society-- a design that took a trip through the Atlantic world. This post and 56-second trailer set the fiction against the realities: how the Barbados Slave Code normalised penalty, safeguarded residential or commercial property, and exported a system beyond one island. We also trace links to Halifax and everyday Caribbean lives that carried durability through all of it.
Explore the code, the context, and the Atlantic connections.
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