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Irish immigration to Barbados dates back to the seventeenth century, when Irish people began arriving on the island as indentured servants of the British planters. Many Irish rebels, Catholics and "stubborn" landowners and tenants were forced into indentured servitude in the English colonies in the Caribbean, Bermuda, and North America. The number of Irish laborers that were in Barbados is unknown but the figure is estimated at between 12,000 and 60,000 people.〔 == History == The Irish began his emigration to Barbados in the seventeenth century, following the Cromwellian invasion of the Ireland island. Since the start of the century, the Irish revolts against the English overlords caused the deportation of many people of the island to several British colonies, as was the case of Barbados. In this manner, the English overlords managed pacify the island. However, the Cromwellian invasion increases this deportation. So, Irish arrived to Americas as prisoners of war, alongside African slaves.〔Joe McGowan. (Sligo heritage. To Hell or Barbados: The Ethnic Cleansing of Ireland ). Retrieved April 30, 2013, to 22:45 pm.〕 Those Irish who were sent in Barbados, were described as being "Barbadosed".〔(''Definition of Barbadose''. The Online Slang Dictionary (American, English, and Urban slang) )〕〔(Tangled Roots: "Barbadosed": Africans and Irish in Barbados )〕 The first 12,000 Irish prisoners sent to Barbados arrived in 1662.〔(Race and history. News views ). Posted by Jim Cavanaugh, in 28, May 05, at 9:50 p.m.〕 Although the Irish were often described as indentured servants, they were treated as slaves: They were sent to other places against their will and they could be physically punished, sold, resold and mortgaged. Even, sometimes they were give in payment of debts.〔 In 1649, due to the harshness of the servitude to which they had been subjected, the Irish joined with the Africans in rebellion against the English colonists.〔 However, as a punishment to the rebellion, many were hanged and quartered and their heads deposited on pikes on high ground where the entire population of Bridgetown would see them as a warning against future rebellions. Despite this, attacks by Spanish and French pirates, as well as the loss of crops due to climatic shocks, led to further African and Irish revolts against the English. Rebellions increased the fear of white slave owners tothe Africans, whom they deemed as savages.〔 In the 1660s, some 52,000 Irish laborers, mostly women and sturdy boys and girls, were delivered to Barbados and Virginia alone. However, although African slavery in Barbados remained until 1834, Irish servitude seems to have disappeared over time. The 1880 census identified no Barbadian as Irish.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Irish immigration to Barbados」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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