Charleston Currents

FOCUS: S.C.’s long ties with Barbados, a new republic

By Herb Frazier | Barbados will become a republic on Nov. 30 when it removes Queen Elizabeth as the head of state on the 55th anniversary of the nation’s independence from England.

Barbados and Charleston have a historic and cultural tie that dates back to April 1670. Settlers from Barbados established the Carolina colony which grew into modern-day Charleston.

As a parliamentary republic, Barbados will have a ceremonial elected president as head of state. The prime minister remains the head of government.

The move cuts the last vestiges of the colonial umbilical cord with England, said Charleston resident Rhoda Green, Barbados’ honorary consul to South Carolina and founder of the Barbados and the Carolina Legacy Foundation.

by Charleston Currents · 11/22/2021 · Comments are Disabled · Focus, Good news

NEW for 11/22: On Barbados, henhouse politics, education, Chanukah

IN THIS EDITION
FOCUS: South Carolina’s long ties with Barbados, a new republic
COMMENTARY, Brack: Henhouse redistricting abuses democratic principles
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: S.C. Clips
NEWS BRIEFS: Look for new battle over vouchers, public education dollars
FEEDBACK: Two write about McMaster’s attempt to censor a book
MYSTERY PHOTO: A pretty old thingamajig
CALENDAR: Chanukah in the Square to be celebrated Nov. 28

by Charleston Currents · 11/22/2021 · 1 comment · Full issue

HISTORY: Barbados and South Carolina

S.C. Encyclopedia | South Carolina’s origins are so closely tied to the British West Indian colony of Barbados that it has been called a “Colony of a Colony.” The historian Jack Greene has called Barbados the “culture hearth” of the southeastern, slavery-dominated plantation economy. Surprisingly little is yet known of the origins of South Carolina’s early leaders. Although the Barbadian influence has probably been overstated and South Carolina’s plantation owners never became absentee landlords to the degree of the West Indian sugar planters, South Carolina did come to more closely resemble the West Indies than did any of the other English mainland colonies.

by Andy Brack · 08/01/2016 · 2 comments · Features, S.C. Encyclopedia

HISTORY: South Carolina’s connection to Barbados

S.C. Encyclopedia | One of the enduring myths of American history is the centuries-old assertion that the thirteen original colonies were “English” colonies. While they were governed by the English, the colonies were not peopled only by individuals of English ancestry.

by Charleston Currents · 09/07/2015 · Comments are Disabled · Features, S.C. Encyclopedia