We are developing a) a set of primary sources based on colonial newspapers from Barbados and b) an accompanying teaching guide to provide teaching resources for the slave trade into the Caribbean. These resources will focus on the role of Barbados as a primary port of arrival of countless slave ships and the logistics underpinning the sale of captured Africans into the Caribbean. Read more here.
(Starting February 2026) Most enslaved people in the Caribbean have left no personal accounts or narratives. There are, however, such first-person voices embedded in colonial newspapers or travelogues. Volunteers & interns are sought to help locate these voices.
(Starting February 2026) Colonial newspapers underpinned the system of slavery. They are replete with information that was meant to persecute and dehumanize enslaved people. Can such information be a springboard for writing about the lives of enslaved people? Volunteers and interns are sought to develop such possibilities.
(Starting February 2026) Human activities have shaped and affected nature. The impact of the Anthropocene, particularly through imperial expansion and colonialism, on plants and animals has been profound and altering. Volunteers and interns are sought to help locate more-than-human stories.
(Starting February 2026) Colonial newspapers in Barbados carry hundreds of advertisements about medicines, healing practices, and apothecaries in Bridgetown. Volunteers and interns are sought to help develop a collection of such advertisements.
(Starting February 2026) Barbadian newspapers of the late 18th and 19th centuries are replete with advertisements about theaters and spectacles. Volunteers & interns are sought to help develop a collection of such advertisements.