Dec 11, 2022 | 17th Century, Slave Code, Transcription
Barabados Slave Code (1661) Huntington Library version The Barbados Slave Code of 1661 has another version preserved at the Huntington Library. This historic document shows how legal frameworks shaped and influenced the treatment of enslaved people across the British...
Sep 18, 2020 | 17th Century, Pamphlet, Transcription
Barbados Barbados Slave Rebellion “Great Newes from the Barbadoes” (1676) Introduction The pamphlet, or short book, published anonymously in London in 1676, describes an enslaved conspiracy on Barbados. In 1675, an enslaved woman, variously named Fortuna...
