Secession?

There is little evidence to suggest Barbados, during the 18th century, had any inclination toward a break with their mother country. Though the 18th century found Barbados reeling from an economy undermined by competitors and a new series of laws governing the process of importation and exportation, Barbados was still very much a British colony. In fact, it was the British monarchy that saved the island from a calamitous outcome following a series of hurricanes.