The Barbadian reported on Barbados' preparations for the abolition of slavery, just weeks before emancipation took effect on August 1, 1834. Notices addressed the growing number of runaway enslaved people, meetings on compensation for enslavers, and the creation of a rural police force to maintain order during the transition.
September 9th 1952
Newspaper brings attention to enslaved individuals who had run away and not yet been found.
Birth of George Henry Alleyne, founder of Alleyne Arthur Company