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As a leg in the triangular trade, many ships traveling between the British Isles, Africa, and America stopped in Barbados during the colonial period. {{Wikipedia|Triangular_trade|Triangular trade}} | As a leg in the triangular trade, many ships traveling between the British Isles, Africa, and America stopped in Barbados during the colonial period. {{Wikipedia|Triangular_trade|Triangular trade}} | ||
== Immigration == | === Immigration === | ||
=== English Immigrants === | === English Immigrants === | ||
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Three major immigration databases are: | Three major immigration databases are: | ||
#[http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/default.aspx?rt=40 Ancestry's Immigration & | #[http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/default.aspx?rt=40 Ancestry's Immigration & Travel Records] ($) | ||
#[http://immigrantservants.com/search/simple.php Immigrant Servants Database] | #[http://immigrantservants.com/search/simple.php Immigrant Servants Database] | ||
#[http://www.virtualjamestown.org/indentures/search_indentures.html Virtual Jamestown] | #[http://www.virtualjamestown.org/indentures/search_indentures.html Virtual Jamestown] | ||
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*Dobson, David. ''Scots in the West Indies, 1707-1857''. 2 vols. Baltimore, Md.: Clearfield, 1998-2006. {{FHL|816520|item}} 972.9 W2d; digital version at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48533 Ancestry] ($). | *Dobson, David. ''Scots in the West Indies, 1707-1857''. 2 vols. Baltimore, Md.: Clearfield, 1998-2006. {{FHL|816520|item}} 972.9 W2d; digital version at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48533 Ancestry] ($). | ||
== Emigration == | === Emigration === | ||
=== North American Emigrants === | === North American Emigrants === | ||
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=== Central American Emigrants === | === Central American Emigrants === | ||
More Barbadians were employed by the Isthmian Canal Commission of the United States in building the Panama Canal than any other nationality. Records of two-year work indentures survive documenting thousands of these short-term migrants. Many Barbadians also participated in the French failed attempt to build the canal in the 1880s, but fewer records survive.<ref>Herbert Hutchinson, "Commemorating the Barbadians Who Excavated the Panama Canal (1904-1914)," ''The Journal of the Barbados Museum & | More Barbadians were employed by the Isthmian Canal Commission of the United States in building the Panama Canal than any other nationality. Records of two-year work indentures survive documenting thousands of these short-term migrants. Many Barbadians also participated in the French failed attempt to build the canal in the 1880s, but fewer records survive.<ref>Herbert Hutchinson, "Commemorating the Barbadians Who Excavated the Panama Canal (1904-1914)," ''The Journal of the Barbados Museum & Historical Society,'' Vol. 54 (2008): 223-248.</ref> | ||
=== References === | === References === | ||