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Barbados was settled by the British during the 1620s and developed as a sugar plantation economy, initially on the basis of slavery until its abolition in the 1840s. In 1951 universal suffrage was introduced, followed in 1954 by cabinet government. Full internal self-government was attained in Oct. 1961. On 30 Nov. 1966 Barbados became an independent sovereign state within the Commonwealth.
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Hoyos, F. A., Tom Adams: a Biography. London, 1988.—Barbados: A History from the Amerindians to Independence. 2nd ed. London, 1992
National statistical office: Barbados Statistical Service, Fairchild Street, Bridgetown.
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Turner, B. (2004). Barbados. In: Turner, B. (eds) The Statesman’s Yearbook 2005. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230271333_120
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