The Barbados Agricultural Reporter announced the sale of Constant Plantation in St. George to brothers Samuel Stanley Robinson and Ernest Augustus Robinson for £11,700, significantly less than its purchase price six years earlier. With roots dating back to the 17th century, the plantation played a role in Barbados’ early sugar industry and plantation economy. Its history reflects the development of sugar cultivation, enslaved African labour and changing plantation ownership over more than 250 years.
On October 6, 1950, the Barbados Advocate highlighted calls for a British Red Cross presence in Barbados following the island’s humanitarian support for hurricane-stricken...
On this day, Archbishop Granville Williams Patriarch of the Sons of God Apostolic Spiritual Baptist of Barbados passes away.
Authorities swiftly responded to a concerning Case of Smallpox