Today In Bajan History | August 28th 1847 Church, State and the Codrington College Debate

The Barbadian published an editorial examining controversy over proposed political intervention in the affairs of Codrington College. The newspaper argued that, as a privately endowed missionary institution, the college should remain independent of the colonial legislature and defended its primary role in religious education and training clergy. The debate offers insight into 19th-century tensions surrounding church, state and education in Barbados.