Barbados 1661: The Slave Code Behind Washington Black

Barbados did not simply grow sugar; in 1661, it composed a code that turned people into residential or commercial property and influenced servant law throughout the British Atlantic. That is the world Washington Black is born into. This new short explainer presents the Barbados Slave Code and why historians call Barbados Britain's first slave society. The post connects the legal structure to daily reality in mills, boiling houses, and markets, and touches the Halifax trade routes that connected islands to northern ports. It is a vigorous guide for readers who want the history behind the fiction without wading through a book.



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