Untold History Of Barbados Slave Escape Tactics | Black History

Join us as we dive into the little-known stories of slaves who ran away to gain their freedom in Barbados, from the 1650s to the 1830s. Despite Barbados being small and full of people, many slaves took the brave step to escape their tough lives. We'll look at why they ran away, how they managed to do it despite strict laws and groups out to catch them, and what their actions tell us about the history of slavery on the island. Learn about the real-life challenges and daring escapes of Barbadian Maroons and see how they fought for their freedom.
00:00 - intro
1:26 - What you'll learn in this video
1:48 - A little history of Barbados
2:23 - Type of slaves that would escape
3:35 - Richard Ligon on the sightings of escaped slaves
5:10 - the types of escape from slavery
6:42 - Working together to avoid detection
7:45 - living in urban areas to avoid detection
9:33 - Attracted to the army barrack areas
10:26 - Escapes by boat
11:12 - St Vincent was a Carib island, and popular escape destination
12:00 - French Priest "Father Labatt" on the runaways to St Vincent
12:52 - Escapees with trades/skills were better of
13:14 - You could also falsely claim freedom
14:08 - Harsh punishments await escapees
16:13 - Escapes were unavoidable and consistent
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  • @G0d-is
    @G0d-is3 ай бұрын

    Proud Bajan descendent. Must visit soon God willing❤🎉

  • @clairemonique1158
    @clairemonique11583 ай бұрын

    Proud bajan here❤❤❤❤

  • @debeauvillestudios6240
    @debeauvillestudios62406 ай бұрын

    Well presented - nice artwork - compelling story thank you for the research

  • @anikahope5708
    @anikahope57085 ай бұрын

    The Maroons of Barbados

  • @user-dd4onX
    @user-dd4onX5 ай бұрын

    This is fascinating. You know i always thought Jamaica not Barbados was the origin of sugar and slavery in the Caribbean. Now i know my neighbors Barbados next door was that place. Even today black Bajans are incredibly intelligent.So most vincentian are also descendants of the bajans incredible again. Seriously they was always something about bajans i liked. They're a different black people compared to trini, guyanese and jamaicans. I do not believe that they're from the same part of Africa. This is history our Caribbean people should have been thought. So Barbados is the birth place of it all. Time for a vacation to Barbados 🛫

  • @fleurjoc5141

    @fleurjoc5141

    5 ай бұрын

    Well slaves from st.Vincent was sent to Jamaica because they revolted against the British there they Joined with the Maroons and had children and married.

  • @18May07

    @18May07

    5 ай бұрын

    You can't fool us you're from Barbados! What I've noticed is some islands of the Caribbean have issues with Jamaicans but the Jamaicans have no issues with the other islands. I'm not from the Caribbean by the way. There is a lot of hate and resentment from certain other Caribbean people towards Jamaicans. Why? You're all Black! That's a shame 😢

  • @musiqworlmedia88

    @musiqworlmedia88

    5 ай бұрын

    Many of the slaves that were brought to Barbados were native Americans from North America.

  • @TheUnculturedIgbo

    @TheUnculturedIgbo

    3 ай бұрын

    Pardon? We're black af not mixed with Native American.

  • @bajanbaw

    @bajanbaw

    2 ай бұрын

    @@musiqworlmedia88incorrect. Slaves from Barbados came direct from Ghana then distributed throughout the Caribbean and also the US through South Carolina.

  • @Cara-15
    @Cara-15Ай бұрын

    Thank you , Great work 🙌🏾👍🏾

  • @tishallmoon9669
    @tishallmoon9669Ай бұрын

    Incredible !!!

  • @ericjones4880
    @ericjones4880Ай бұрын

    Once, I realized that, Enslaved people were to Barbados, when you take a look at what happened at that time! You can imagine that people were not going to tolerate being treated like Animals for long, so is where the Maroons came to be! Not knowing our own history is what makes us so damaged today! We need to realize what was done to our Ancestors!

  • @user-nn9tm9yz7k

    @user-nn9tm9yz7k

    11 күн бұрын

    Bajans are not African they are Aboriginal european mixed with aboriginal American. What we were taught is a lie this is why they burnt down the archives and say it was struck by lightning

  • @user-nn9tm9yz7k

    @user-nn9tm9yz7k

    11 күн бұрын

    Bussa is not my hero he was the head ranger on Baylys plantation St.Philip his job was to keep our ancestors in check ,if you watched Django ,the msn who was whipping the "blk"girl was a Ranger,that was Bussa's role . He was eventually killed by the same slaves,but they taught us he was a good man. He was a Criminal to blks , lord Nelson was a more honourable man than Bussa. Tek down Bussa too

  • @clairemonique1158
    @clairemonique11582 ай бұрын

    And we still strong and resistant 🇧🇧🇧🇧🇧🇧I is bajan to de bone

  • @bajanbaw

    @bajanbaw

    2 ай бұрын

    To de bone!

  • @dianelumsden8902
    @dianelumsden89024 ай бұрын

    why are we using terms like slave, master and runaway, they were enslaved by enslavers and self liberated.

  • @darksethistory

    @darksethistory

    4 ай бұрын

    You are right. I have since corrected my language in my later videos. This is one of my first videos, and i learned to do better. Thanks for your comment

  • @saniawatson7586
    @saniawatson75866 ай бұрын

    Duet 28 yes speak of the yoke around the neck these people who you calls slaves was really the most high Yah children ...

  • @guleet75
    @guleet757 ай бұрын

    First !

  • @mamajenskitchen1880
    @mamajenskitchen18805 ай бұрын

    User are you here to learn or to dig hate and ignorance

  • @trevorbrown1798
    @trevorbrown179819 күн бұрын

    Stop the cap they were native and for American north and south

  • @user-nn9tm9yz7k

    @user-nn9tm9yz7k

    11 күн бұрын

    They were also aboriginal Europeans to and only 2 percent African

  • @davidgibbs7573
    @davidgibbs75732 ай бұрын

    Car ah b un.... not Cah rib e un !!!