Caribbean Nationals and their decendants are being asked to indicate their country of origin on the new Census. This is a long overdue process to enable proper accounting of Caribbean Nationals in the United States.
The hottest DJs in Charleston are geared up to bring us the latest in Soca and Reggae Music. Get your dancing shoes ready and be prepared to have fun during Charleston Carifest June 18 and 19.
“Lick an Lock-up Done Wid, Hurray fuh Jin-Jin (Queen Victoria).
De Queen come from England to set we free
Now Lick an Lock-up Done Wid, Hurray fuh Jin-Jin”
Barbados was first occupied by the British in 1627 and remained a British colony until internal autonomy was granted in 1961. The Island gained full independence in 1966, and maintains ties to the Britain monarch represented in Barbados by the Governor General. It is a member of the Commonwealth. The first leader of Barbados as a free nation was the Right Honourable Errol Walton Barrow, of the Democratic Labour Party. The other major political party is the Barbados Labour Party.
In 1670, a group of planters accompanied by their slaves, sailed from Speightstown, Barbados and landed at Albemarle Point in South Carolina. They established Charles Towne on behalf of England. Within three years more than half of the people in the new South Carolina settlement were from Barbados.
Learn more about the Barbados South Carolina Connection.
View the World Cry Video and support our Candlelight Vigil on June 25, 2010
http://www.youtube.com/user/KingMJRocks#p/u/2/yDL6A6_hxI0
