Following The Families: Barbados and Caribbean Family History

The Prince George's African American Museum and Cultural Center (PGAAMCC) will discuss with Rhonda Green of Barbados and the Carolinas Foundation. Rhonda Green is the President of Barbados and the Carolinas Legacy Foundation. The Barbados and Carolinas Legacy Foundation was incorporated on June 18th, 2012 to facilitate business, education, a historical and cultural collaboration between Barbados and the Carolinas. This webinar program will discuss the history of Barbados and its connection to Maryland and the ways that the Bajan influence can be felt throughout the U.S. Maryland received multiple enslaved Africans from Barbados and was influenced significantly by the laws set up by European settlers in Barbados. Cultivators of tobacco in Barbados were regarded highly by the prospective settlers, and the expanding Barbadian population during the early 1630s in Maryland has influenced Prince George’s County for centuries.