Before the Balloon: Barbados's 1661 Slave Code
Prior to Washington Black, there is law. In 1661, Barbados codified effects slavery and ended up being Britain's first servant society-- a design that travelled through the Atlantic world. This post and 56-second trailer set the fiction versus the truths: how the Barbados Slave Code normalised penalty, protected property, and exported a system beyond one island. We likewise trace links to Halifax and everyday Caribbean lives that brought strength through it all. See the history behind the fiction in under a minute. disney adaptation