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The Virginia Gazette
Richmond, Williamsburg, Richmond County, Virginia
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Extract of a letter from Barbados dated April 13, 1776, laments the severe scarcity of provisions in the colony, with the writer and their slaves facing rotten beans and ship corn as the only food sources, attributing it to British policies against American rebels harming loyal subjects.
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As great a hurry as I am in, it is impossible to let drop my pen without touching upon the public calamities of our country. Indeed it is not, especially when I feel myself likely to fall one of the first victims, or my slaves rather, to the general scarcity of provisions. We are upon our last hogshead of half rotten beans, and have no other resource than to eat more than half rotten ship corn, and the only corn to be brought in any of the towns. Is this the way the Ministry are to come at conquest over the American rebels, through the destruction of a set of the most loyal subjects in all the King's dominions? Almost!
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Primary Location
Barbadoes
Event Date
April 13, 1776
Outcome
general scarcity of provisions leading to reliance on half-rotten beans and ship corn; potential victims including the writer and their slaves.
Event Details
The writer describes the public calamities due to scarcity of provisions in Barbados, with households down to their last hogshead of half-rotten beans and forced to eat more than half-rotten ship corn available in towns; attributes this to British Ministry's approach to conquering American rebels, harming loyal subjects.