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=== American Emigrants === | === American Emigrants === | ||
The constant arrival of shiploads of African, English, Irish, Scottish, and Welsh immigrants during the colonial period quickly led to overcrowding on this tiny island. Many people left to seek brighter futures on the North American mainland in colonies such as [[South Carolina|South Carolina]], [[Virginia|Virginia]], and [[Massachusetts|Massachusetts]]. Genealogists often encounter references to Barbados in colonial American sources. Published [[Barbados Genealogy#Bibliography|Barbados genealogies]] identify many such emigrants. Several histories chronicle these Atlantic World links: | The constant arrival of shiploads of African, English, Irish, Scottish, and Welsh immigrants during the colonial period quickly led to overcrowding on this tiny island. Many people left to seek brighter futures on the North American mainland in colonies such as [[South Carolina|South Carolina]], [[Virginia|Virginia]], [[Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania]],<ref>Dwight A. Radford and Arden C. White, "The Irish In Barbados," ''The Irish At Home and Abroad,'' Vol. 2, No. 3 (1994/1995):95.</ref> and [[Massachusetts|Massachusetts]]. Genealogists often encounter references to Barbados in colonial American sources. Published [[Barbados Genealogy#Bibliography|Barbados genealogies]] identify many such emigrants. Several histories chronicle these Atlantic World links: | ||
*Alleyne, Warren and Henry Fraser. ''The Barbados-Carolina Connection''. London: Macmillan Publishers Limited, 1988. {{FHL|428472|item}} 972.981 H2a | *Alleyne, Warren and Henry Fraser. ''The Barbados-Carolina Connection''. London: Macmillan Publishers Limited, 1988. {{FHL|428472|item}} 972.981 H2a | ||