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Back where it all started in Barbados

December 23rd 2017
Barbados is a single island on the eastern fringes of the Windward Islands and more specifically is situated directly east of the Grenadines. The island is considered by many to be the closest thing to England in the Caribbean. The Bajans, as the islanders call themselves, tend to appropriate rather than adapt English customs, and like to think of themselves as their own people, but there are old ... read more
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Barbadian or Bajan (colloquial) Flag The island was uninhabited when first settled by the British in 1627. Slaves worked the sugar plantations established on the island until 1834 when slavery was abolished. The economy remained heavily dependent on sugar, rum, and molasses production t... ... read more
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