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Dancers perform during the presidential inauguration ceremony at Heroes Square on November 29, 2021, in Bridgetown, Barbados. Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

It’s all in the flag: Bussa’s Rebellion and the 200‑year fight to end British rule in Barbados

Lewis Eliot, University of Oklahoma

The revolt in Barbados occurred in 1816 when an enslaved driver named Bussa led insurgents against the British colonial militia. It took another 200 years before British rule officially ended.

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