The Bayley plantation was home to a 1816 rebellion of slaves here known as the Bussa Rebellion, and it was the first American location that Oloudah Equiano described.
The first settlers of this colony were led by John Powell, while Errol Barrow led it when it gained independence. James Hay, the Earl of Carlisle, took control of the profits of this colony from William Courten, who had financed its settlement, in an event known as the (*) "Great Robbery" of this colony. The Bayley plantation was home to a 1816 rebellion of slaves here known as the Bussa Rebellion, and it was the first American location that Oloudah Equiano described. Judge Jeffreys of the Bloody Assizes exiled supporters of the Monmouth Rebellion to this colony, and slaves coming from Africa were usually brought here before being shipped to other British colonies. For ten points, name easternmost British colony in the Western Antilles, now a country with capital at Bridgetown.
The first settlers of this colony were led by John Powell, while Errol Barrow led it when it gained independence.
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