Just weeks before full emancipation took effect, The Barbadian newspaper highlighted the challenges and uncertainties surrounding Barbados’ transition from apprenticeship to wage labour. Reports revealed tensions between planters and formerly enslaved workers, with some labourers dramatically increasing their productivity once they were free to negotiate their own employment.
46 years after the Great Hurricane of 1780, the Barbadain Newspaper recounted the ordeal that Barbadians experienced.
The Friendly Society is praised by His Lordship The Archdeacon.
Company Sargeant Major Leonard Fitzgerald Browne