According to contemporary newspaper reports, Christmas Eve and the early hours of Christmas Day were marked by excessive noise, gunfire, squibs, crackers, and unruly behaviour described as licentious, riotous, and obscene.
Enslaved Barbadians celebrated their freedom from the bonds of Chattle slavery
The public weigh house is attacked by a mob in Bridgetown. Listen to find out more!
Colonel Benjamin Berringer first owner of St Nicholas Abbey.