Transcript Lesson 2 PPT 2 Barbados 1816

What happened?
An Interactive Guide
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The production of sugar, tobacco and cotton on
Barbados was heavily reliant on enslaved
Africans. Barbados dominated the Caribbean
Sugar Industry in the early years. By 1720
Barbados was no longer a dominant force in
the sugar industry. They had been surpassed
by Jamaica.
What had gone wrong?
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A) the locust plague of 1663.
B) a fire in the capital Bridgetown.
C) a major hurricane in 1667.
D) drought in 1668 ruined some planters and
then excessive rain in 1669.
E) Or all of them.
http://old.antislavery.org/breakingthesilence
/slave_routes/slave_routes_barbados.shtml
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E) all of them.
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Bussa, a head Ranger at Bayley's Plantation,
lead what has been recorded as the Bussa
Rebellion - a tremendous revolt against the
racist, white Sugar Cane Planters.
http://www.totallybarbados.com/barbados/
About_Barbados/Local_Information/People/B
arbados_National_Heroes/838.htm
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A) The rejection of the Imperial Registry Bill in
November, 1815 where slaves had to be
registered.
B) The slaves were sick of the punishments
they were getting.
C) Bussa bullied the other slaves to follow him.
D) There had not been a rebellion for 124 years
so it was about time there was.
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A) the slaves thought they were being denied
their freedom by the slave owners
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The British troops were led by Colonel Edward
Codd, who led a regiment of the British West
Indies troops, black troops, as well as some
British white troops.
The slaves numbered about 400
Would the black troops join the rebellion or
stay loyal to the British slave owners?
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The black troops stayed loyal to the British
The rebels had not counted on the bravery and
loyalty to the whites of the free coloured militia
or the regular black troops. Colonel Codd let
the black troops lead the attack at Bayley’s
plantation.
What do you think happened next, how did
the rebellion progress??
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A) the slaves gave up and went back to work.
B) the slaves did not destroy any property.
C)The slaves killed everyone they came across
in a violent outburst.
D) The slaves were quite gentle with the people
they captured.
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D) the slaves treated the white slave owners
they captured very well.
During the rebellion there was a lot of
destruction of property but only one white
civilian and one black soldier was killed in all
the upheaval.
This means the black slaves treated their slave
owners very well – how did the whites react
when the rebellion had been overcome?
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A) fifty rebels were killed in battle.
B) some rebels, seventy, were executed straight
after the battle.
C) there was a trial – 144 were executed and
had their heads and bodies displayed in public.
D) slaves were sent to other islands to prevent
further trouble.
E) all of the above.
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E) all of the statements happened.
The white slave owners did not restrain
themselves as the slaves had done.
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Although the rebellion did not succeed was it
worth it? What were the slaves fighting for?
Their freedom?
For other slaves?
For themselves?
Someone once said that it is better to die on
your feet than live on your knees – do you
think this is how the rebels felt?
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http://www.learningcurve.gov.uk/images/bu
ssa/bussa.pdf
http://abolition.e2bn.org/index.php
Inhuman Bondage by David Brion Davis p211 213