Barbados

Barbados
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Barbados is a nation in North America. The island was uninhabited when first settled by the British in 1627. Slaves worked the sugar plantations established on the island until 1834 when slavery was abolished. The economy remained heavily dependent on sugar, rum, and molasses production through most of the 20th century. The gradual introduction of social and political reforms in the 1940s and 1950s led to complete independence from the UK in 1966. In the 1990s, tourism and manufacturing surpassed the sugar industry in economic importance.

Barbadian Polities

•  Colony of Barbados
• Barbados (From 1966)

Neighbouring Nations

• Grenada (Commonwealth realm)
• Saint Lucia (Commonwealth realm)
• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (Commonwealth realm)

References

• Country Studies: Barbados (Library of Congress)
  
• The World Factbook (CIA)
  
• Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments (CIA)
  
• World Statesmen.org
  
• Wikisource 1911 encyclopedia project