The Barbados Agricultural Reporter reported on a court case involving Joseph Ford of Rockland, St. Michael, who was accused of obtaining money under false pretenses while offering spiritual healing services to a family seeking help for their son. These cases illustrate the important role African-derived healing traditions played in Barbadian society, while also highlighting the legal restrictions imposed under colonial laws such as the 1897 Vagrancy Act. Obeah remained prohibited in Barbados for decades until the passage of the Minor Offences Act in 1998, which removed legal restrictions on its practice after nearly 200 years.
Good day. I am Jewel Callender, MA graduate in History at the University of the West Indies Cave Hill Campus. On this day, November...
The Barbadian published the successful cultivation and harvest, of Victoria wheat
The Barbados Advocate reported on an intense lightning storm that struck St. Lucy, injuring several residents and causing extensive damage to homes and other...