Throughout the former Spanish colonies, there are a number of heroes of slave revolts and independence rebellions. Barbados' national hero was a former West African slave by the name of Bussa who initiated a revolt-commonly referred to as Bussa's Rebellion-in April 1816. Bussa was captured in West Africa and shipped off to Barbados towards the end of the […]

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