Afro-Barbadians
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Black Barbadians or Afro-Barbadians are Barbadians of entirely or predominantly African descent.
Portrait of Barbadian Dr. Christopher James Davis
Afro-Barbadians working on a plantation in Barbados.
Gold Coast (region)
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The Gold Coast was the name for a region on the Gulf of Guinea in West Africa that was rich in gold, petroleum, and natural gas. This former region is now known as the country Ghana.
Afro-Barbadians
…3.1% is multiracial, based on estimates in 2010. Most of the enslaved Africans brought to Barbados were from the Bight of Biafra (62,000 Africans), the Gold Coast (59,000 Africans), and the Bight of Benin (45,000 Africans). Other African slaves came from Central Africa (29,000 slaves), Senegambia (14,000 Africans…
1930s Stamp Gold Coast Golden Stool with George VI.
Picture of an Akan monarch, King Asantehene Osei Tutu II