Donna’s Blog
Manumissions
I recently got some very interesting and exciting information which means that I have to rewrite a part of Vaucluse....
Vaucluse Mortgaged
I was digging around in the Archives last week looking for manumission records only to find that the tomes (big heavy...
The Letters
I finally got my hands on the very elusive letters that Henry Peter wrote to The Right Honourable Earl Grey, first...
Henry Peter and Politics
While Parliament in Barbados was established in 1639, the House of Assembly was not confirmed by law until 1660. The...
The Barbados Mercury and Bridge-Town Gazette
I am very grateful to the National Library Service and UWI West Indian Collection for giving me access to their...
Mary Ann Simmons
Mary Ann Simmons I’ve been in Liverpool for the last week or so, where I had hoped to find some information to support...