Before the Balloon: Barbados's 1661 Slave Code

Before Washington Black, there is law. In 1661, Barbados codified goods slavery and ended up being Britain's first slave society-- a model that took a trip through the Atlantic world. This post and 56-second trailer set the fiction against the facts: how the Barbados Slave Code normalised punishment, secured property, and exported a system beyond one island. We likewise trace links to Halifax and daily Caribbean lives that brought durability through it all.



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