NEW ROGUES PODCAST ALERT: Episode 1 Is Here!

 

 We’re launching our brand-new podcast with a deep dive into the real Barbados— Unfiltered, Unapologetic, Unforgettable

In Episode 1, we explore the premise of Rogues in Paradise, an unfiltered look at the island’s history, culture, and people. It’s raw and real, and you won’t find Barbados in a travel guide.

it's fascinating, really. It's like a whole cultural tapestry woven from, well, from some pretty dark threads, too. Yeah, that's true. But it's made something unique, something strong. Definitely. Okay, so before we get too far, I have to ask about the rum. Rum. Yeah!

 

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Rogues Early Colonial History of Slavery

 

 The early colonials created the Caribbean sugar industry, and Barbados became the formost producer of sugar and rum.. It was a major export, and made Barbados the most successful plantocracy- All with the free labour of African slaves. Read about this checkered past in the book Rogues in Paradise. Get your FREE sample chapters at https://sample.roguesinparadise.com. This dates back to 1600 and the age of Discovery and Adventure When Rogues Roamed the Seas in search of treasures for the empire. 

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African Slavery & Afro-Bajan Heritage | Rogues in Paradise

African Slavery & Afro-Bajan Heritage | Rogues in Paradise: African Slavery & Afro-Bajan Heritage is complex and contentious, but 300 years of servitude and discrimination will never be forgotten.

 

 The website carries the full story and sad history of slavery. Here is a sipped from the website at https://roguesinparadise.com/african-slavery-afro-bajan-heritage

Olaudahs’ story of the brutality on the ships is chilling. Even among themselves, they were brutes. He saw one white man tied and beaten until he died. He feared for his life at every turn.  He had never seen such brutal cruelty as these white men perpetrated on fellow Africans and their own people. They were true savages, he thought.