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Bussa's Rebellion: Barbados 1816 and the Fight for Freedom
When news of the failed abolition bill in Britain reached Barbados in 1816, the island's enslaved population rose in the largest slave revolt in Barbadian history. This episode explores the Bussa Rebellion — a meticulously planned uprising led by an enslaved ranger named Bussa, whose name echoes in Barbadian national memory but whose life remains frustratingly obscure. We trace the conspiracy through sugar plantations across the parish of St. Philip, the role of enslaved drivers and artisans, the brutal suppression by local militia and British troops, and the aftermath that reshaped…
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