White Barbadian Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

White Barbadian Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

White Barbadians or European Barbadians are Barbadian citizens or

residents of European descent. The majority of European Barbadians are

descended from English, Portuguese, and Scottish settlers and Irish

forced indentured servants and transported prisoners, who arrived

during the British colonial period. Other European groups consisted of

the French, Germans, Austrians, Spaniards, Italians, and Russians. In

addition, some of those considered to be European Barbadians are of

partial black ancestry and vice versa. CIA World Factbook estimates

that there are some 20,000 white Barbadians in the country.At first,

Indigenous constituted the majority of the Barbadian population.

Post-colonization Europeans constituted the majority, with the island

being used as a penal colony much as Australia would be later, until

the transition of the Barbadian economy to one based on sugarcane

production; importation of African slaves to the island altered the

demographics of the island, making European Barbadians a minority.

During much of the colonial period, whites formed the island's

political and economic elite. Since independence from Britain in 1966

when most European Barbadians left for the United Kingdom, most

political power has shifted to the black majority; however, whites

still retain significant economic influence, with many businesses on

the island being owned by European Barbadians.Among European

Barbadians, there exists an underclass known as redlegs; the

descendants of indentured servants, and prisoners imported to the

island, redlegs have historically formed a disadvantaged group within

Barbadian society.
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