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Wanderers is the oldest existing cricket club in Barbados. The club was founded in 1877 with its initial membership drawn from the social elite of the colony, and exclusively white. [2] The club had a strong rivalry with Pickwick Cricket Club, another white club, but one which drew its membership from a slightly lower social class. Changes in ...
1780s – the Barbados Cricket Buckle, depicting a mulatto batsman wearing a slave collar being bowled out, suggests that slaves in the West Indies were playing cricket as early as 1780. On 10 May 1806, a meeting of St Anne's Cricket Club in Barbados was announced in the 'Barbados Mercury' to take play on 12 May
In 1884, the Barbados Agricultural Society sent a letter to Sir Francis Hincks requesting his private and public views on whether the Dominion of Canada would favourably entertain having the then Colony of Barbados admitted as a member of the Canadian Confederation. Asked from Canada were the terms of the Canadian side to initiate discussions ...
The Colony Club is a women-only private social club in New York City. Founded in 1903 by Florence Jaffray Harriman , wife of J. Borden Harriman , as the first social club established in New York City by and for women, it was modeled on similar gentlemen's clubs .
The Colony of Barbados was part of the British Windward Islands from 1833–85 and was part of the West Indies Federation from 1958–62. Subcategories This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total.
Pages in category "History of the Colony of Barbados" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.