The story of Carolina’s second settlement attempt was the type of failure we’ve frequently discussed, but it was also a failure for a new era. English proprietors got distracted, severe supply shortages emerged, and conflict with indigenous tribes ultimately caused the colony to collapse. But, colonists knew what to do, they forcefully made their feelings Read more about Carolina 2: A rude rabble[…]
Carolina was a colony for a new era. The Jacobean settlements of Virginia, Bermuda and Plymouth had been tiny, struggling outposts in a very New World. The colonies formed under Charles I (the rest of New England, Barbados, Maryland and others) had been defined by the political and religious turbulence of his reign. Now, a Read more about Carolina 1: Cape Fear[…]
Henry Morgan’s privateering exploits had turned to full on piracy by the time he attacked Maracaibo and, especially, Panama City. Still, he enjoyed the support of the island’s population and leadership, and the money he brought to the colony facilitated its transformation into one of England’s wealthiest colonies. Transcript By 1669, Henry Morgan’s buccaneering exploits Read more about Restoration 12: The fall of Panama and rise of Jamaica[…]
After the Willoughby brothers, the king imposed governors in Barbados who he expected to be loyal to him instead of the colony. The first two backfired in dramatically different ways, one siding with the colonists, and the other descending into embarrasing levels of tyranny and corruption. Full text History of Africa plug After the Willoughby Read more about Restoration 11: Rumors of colonial independence[…]
Neither the king nor Barbados was willing to budge over the financial issues surrounding the Second Anglo-Dutch War, and what ensued was the biggest showdown between king and colony in American history. Patreon or BMAC Intelligent Speech is coming! Transcript “They dread nothing like the 4.5%.” Those were acting governor Christopher Codrington’s words while describing Barbados’s plight Read more about Restoration 10: Boys, you gotta learn not to talk to kings that way[…]
Henry Morgan’s piratical exploits during the Second Anglo-Dutch War took him not into combat with England’s allies, but rather against the Spanish of Cuba and Panama. Website (transcripts) Intelligent Speech Conference information! Henry Morgan book Transcript We’ve talked about Barbados handling the Second Anglo-Dutch War almost alone, and the question of what Jamaica was doing at Read more about Restoration 9: war and pieces of eight[…]
Barbados would never really recover from the Second Anglo-Dutch War. Compared to islands like St. Kitts, it had gotten through the conflict without too much damage, but it had still funded and fought a full theater of war almost alone, and when the war was over, the demands and impositions (not least, the Navigation Acts Read more about Restoration 8: Barbados, betrayed[…]
The First Anglo-Dutch War hit Barbados hard. After a 10 hour battle expended all their ammunition, colonists and king bickered over who should be responsible for buying more. Ultimately, the compromise was to put off the issue by loaning the king the money, and for two years, Barbados defended England’s Caribbean holdings, spending 100,000 pounds, Read more about Restoration 7: Barbados, alone[…]
If you enjoy this show, would you please rate/review on whatever podcast app you use? Thank you! As Jamaica limped along after the Western Design, escaped slaves maintained their own colony in the island’s central mountains, and pirates controlled Port Royal. From 1661-64, Jamaica had a series of governors, one of whom lasted only 10 Read more about Restoration 6: No peace beyond the line[…]
When the Restoration happened, Barbados requested to be made a crown colony, thinking its rights would be better protected. In return for giving up his proprietary rights, Willoughby was made Barbados’s first royal governor. Suddenly, Barbadians were faced with the first real imposition to their self-government in well over a decade, and the conflict frustrated Read more about Barbados in the Restoration[…]