Barbados has announced that it will remove Queen Elizabeth as it’s head of state by November 2021.

Before the back story of this, I want to showcase my rather poor drawing.

In colonial times, Barbados was a part of the United Kingdom. Sugar exports thrived thus boosting the UK economy. With sugar plantations on the rise and the value of sugar, booming due to it’s multiple uses-tea, food and alcholic beverages, the Brits ensured to ‘squeeze’ as much monetary benefits as possible, from Barbados.

Many British who owned plantations in Barbados, bought African slaves to work their plantations and these slaves were often mistreated and malnourished. It is estimated that there were about 3 slaves working one one plantation and

By abandoning the UK style of monarchy-having Queen Elizabeth as head of state, Barbados is signalling that it is leaving behind it’s colonial past and moving towards modern day democracy!

The use of slavery by Britain in the past, might have long been forgotten but remnants of slavery is still present and teaches the generations of today, the history and the painful truths of Britain’s part in transatlantic slavery trade.

-Haridas 23/01/21