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The Barbados-Carolina Connection

5/18/2016

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The historical connections between Charleston and Barbados run deep. Many of the colonists who founded the Carolina colony came to South Carolina from Barbados. Barbadians’ political, economic and cultural influence were great in the earliest years of the colony. In the first two decades after settlement, the majority of Carolina’s inhabitants – free and enslaved – came from Barbados.

Full article here: http://www.lowcountryafricana.com/barbados-genealogy/



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