The origins of capitalism in the British West Indies began as part of the revolutionary shift to sugar and slavery in Barbados in the second quarter of the 17th-century. This study examines the origins of capitalism in Barbados through the exploration of the historical record and archaeological findings from Trents Plantation and other early colonial estates in Barbados. The expansion of agro-industrial sugar production into the English colony of Barbados set in motion a dramatic shift in social and economic structures. Social and economic change resulted from the intersection of access to investor capital, dramatic profits rapidly amassed through the production of a commoditized cash crop, sugar, and a related shift in the labor force to a reliance on large numbers of enslaved laborers from Africa. The change took place rapidly during a period of political turmoil in England that resulted in laissez-faire governance and a void in administrative oversight in the West Indies. The social and economic changes seen in the archaeological record at Trents, and actuated across Barbados, had a dramatic impact on the broader Atlantic World, inclusive of the Americas, Europe, Africa, and their trading partners across the globe.

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资本主义和十七世纪中叶巴巴多斯向糖业和奴隶制的转变

英属西印度群岛的资本主义起源于 17 世纪第二季度巴巴多斯向糖业和奴隶制的革命性转变的一部分。本研究通过探索特伦茨种植园和巴巴多斯其他早期殖民庄园的历史记录和考古发现，探讨了巴巴多斯资本主义的起源。农业工业糖生产向英国殖民地巴巴多斯的扩张引发了社会和经济结构的巨大转变。社会和经济变革源于获得投资者资本、通过商品化经济作物、糖的生产迅速积累的巨额利润以及劳动力的相关转变，以依赖大量来自非洲的奴役劳工。这一变化发生在英格兰的政治动荡时期，导致西印度群岛实行自由放任的治理和行政监督的空白。特伦茨考古记录中所见并在巴巴多斯各地发生的社会和经济变化对更广泛的大西洋世界产生了巨大影响，包括美洲、欧洲、非洲及其全球贸易伙伴。