The Barbadian reported on a sitting of the Court of Grand Sessions, where several criminal cases resulted in sentences ranging from imprisonment with hard labor to death. The grand jury also reviewed wider social issues, expressing support for free labor, education, and prison reform while raising concerns about overcrowding at the island’s psychiatric facility.
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Drawing on an account from the Barbados Agricultural Reporter, it recalls events surrounding December 1915, when this reliable form of public transportation became the...
An editorial in the Barbadian gave an account to labour conditions in Barbados ahead of official emancipation.