At first, Indigenous constituted the majority of the Barbadian population. Post-colonization Europeans constituted the majority, with the island being used as a penal colony much as Australia would be later, until the transition of the Barbadian economy to one based on sugarcane production; importation of African slaves to the island altered the demographics of the island, making European Barbadians a minority. During much of the colonial period, whites formed the island's political and economicelite. Since independence from Britain in 1966 when most European Barbadians left for the United Kingdom[citation needed], most political power has shifted to the black majority.[3]
Among European Barbadians, there exists an underclass of predominantly Irish descent known as redlegs;[4] the descendants of indentured servants, and prisoners imported to the island, redlegs have historically formed a disadvantaged group within Barbadian society.[5][6]
Spaniards were the first Europeans to discover and land in Barbados.[7] The Spanish regularly seized large numbers of Amerindians from Barbados to be used as slave labour on other regional plantations. This prompted the Kalinago to flee Barbados for other Caribbean destinations such as Dominica and St. Vincent. Europeans have caused the disappearance of the indigenous people in Barbados. The first white European settlement on Barbados consisted of British colonists.[8]
white, barbadians, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, january,. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources White Barbadians news newspapers books scholar JSTOR January 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message White Barbadians or European Barbadians are Barbadian citizens or residents of European descent The majority of European Barbadians are descended from English Portuguese and Scottish settlers and Irish indentured servants and settlers 1 who arrived during the British colonial period Other European groups consisted of the French Germans Austrians Spaniards Italians and Russians In addition some of those considered to be European Barbadians are of partial European ancestry and vice versa CIA World Factbook estimates that there are some 20 000 white Barbadians in the country 2 White BarbadiansTotal population 20 000LanguagesEnglish Bajan Creole PortugueseReligionChristianity Catholicism Protestantism JudaismRelated ethnic groupsEnglish German people Irish Italians Portuguese Scottish JewsAt first Indigenous constituted the majority of the Barbadian population Post colonization Europeans constituted the majority with the island being used as a penal colony much as Australia would be later until the transition of the Barbadian economy to one based on sugarcane production importation of African slaves to the island altered the demographics of the island making European Barbadians a minority During much of the colonial period whites formed the island s political and economic elite Since independence from Britain in 1966 when most European Barbadians left for the United Kingdom citation needed most political power has shifted to the black majority 3 Among European Barbadians there exists an underclass of predominantly Irish descent known as redlegs 4 the descendants of indentured servants and prisoners imported to the island redlegs have historically formed a disadvantaged group within Barbadian society 5 6 Contents 1 History 2 Notable European Barbadians 3 See also 4 ReferencesHistory EditSpaniards were the first Europeans to discover and land in Barbados 7 The Spanish regularly seized large numbers of Amerindians from Barbados to be used as slave labour on other regional plantations This prompted the Kalinago to flee Barbados for other Caribbean destinations such as Dominica and St Vincent Europeans have caused the disappearance of the indigenous people in Barbados The first white European settlement on Barbados consisted of British colonists 8 Notable European Barbadians EditThis section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources White Barbadians news newspapers books scholar JSTOR July 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message Sir James Drax d 1662 a pioneer sugar grower and plantocrat born in England before settling in Barbados Theodorious Paleologus c 1660 1693 sailor and privateer last surviving male descendant of the Paleologus dynasty Stede Bonnet 1688 1718 pirate Neville Goddard 1905 1972 author and mystic Robert Lettis Hooper d 1738 9 politician and jurist in colonial New Jersey Humphrey Fleming Senhouse 1781 1841 officer of the Royal Navy Tony Cozier 10 July 1940 11 May 2016 journalist and West Indian Cricket Commentator Zane Maloney b 2003 racing driver Ward Simpson businessman Edward Walcott Junior son of Edward Walcott Senior trainer for Springhead Stables Springhead St James BarbadosSee also Edit Caribbean portalBarbadians White people Demographics of Barbados Irish indentured servants History of the Jews in BarbadosReferences Edit Article PDF colorado edu The World Factbook CIA 13 April 2022 Government of Barbados History Government of Barbados Archived from the original on 2009 04 26 Retrieved 2007 12 02 Haines Lindsay 25 February 1973 Poor Backward and Adamantly White in a Black World The New York Times The Times UK News World News and Opinion The Times The Abbreviated History Of Barbados Government of Barbados History Refworld World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples Barbados This Barbados related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title White Barbadians amp oldid 1157541313, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
