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| {{Infobox country|name=Antigua and Barbuda|image_flag=Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg.png|image_coat=Coat of arms of Antigua and Barbuda.svg.png|capital=St. John's|largest_city=St. John's|government_type=Parliamentary constitutional monarchy|leader_title1=Monarch|leader_name1=[[Charles III]]|leader_title2=Prime Minister|leader_name2=[[Gaston Browne]]|image_map=Antigua_and_Barbuda_map.svg|map_width=290|common_languages=Antiguan and Barbudan Creole<br>English|area_km2=440|population_estimate=100,772|population_estimate_year=2022}} | | {{Infobox country|name=Antigua and Barbuda|capital=St. John's|largest_city=St. John's|government_type=Parliamentary constitutional monarchy|image_map=Antigua_and_Barbuda_map.svg|map_width=290|common_languages=Antiguan and Barbudan Creole<br>English|area_km2=440|population_estimate=100,772|population_estimate_year=2022}} |
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| '''Antigua and Barbuda''' is an island country in the Lesser Antilles of the Caribbean. It is a former colony of the [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland|British]], and retains the British Monarch, [[Charles Windsor|Charles III]], as its head of state.<ref name=":1">{{Web citation|author=Dr. Matthew Quest|newspaper=Black Agenda Report|title=Enclosure, Dispossession and Disaster Capitalism in Antigua and Barbuda|date=2018-06-13|url=https://blackagendareport.com/enclosure-dispossession-and-disaster-capitalism-antigua-and-barbuda|retrieved=2023-12-31}}</ref> | | '''Antigua and Barbuda''' is an island country in the Lesser Antilles of the Caribbean. |
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| == History == | | == History == |
| | In 1685, the [[Kingdom of England (927–1707)|British]] leased the island of Barbuda to the [[Slavery|slaveholding]] Codrington family. Enslaved Africans organized a series of rebellions between 1741 and 1835. In 1834, the [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–1922)|British]] tried to transport slaves in Barbuda to Antigua, but they rebelled, took control of Barbuda, and established communal ownership of land. |
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| === British Rule ===
| | In 2019, Prime Minister [[Gaston Browne]] demanded reparations from [[Harvard University]], which received hundreds of acres of land from the Codringtons.<ref name=":0">{{Web citation|author=Matsemala Odom|newspaper=[[The Burning Spear]]|title=Africans in Antigua and Barbuda fight for land, demand reparations|date=2021-03-15|url=https://www.theburningspear.com/2021/03/Africans-in-Antigua-and-Barbuda-fight-for-land-demand-reparations|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210613145032/https://www.theburningspear.com/2021/03/Africans-in-Antigua-and-Barbuda-fight-for-land-demand-reparations|archive-date=2021-06-13|retrieved=2022-08-13}}</ref> |
| In 1685, the British leased the island of Barbuda to the [[Slavery|slaveholding]] Codrington family. Enslaved Africans organized a series of rebellions between 1741 and 1835. In 1834, the [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–1922)|British]] tried to transport slaves in Barbuda to Antigua, but they rebelled, took control of Barbuda, and established communal ownership of land.<ref name=":0" /> | |
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| === Independence ===
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| In 1981 Antigua and Barbuda were granted independence from the United Kingdom leading to a politically dominant Antigua as the island holds over 95% of the nations population.
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| Hurricane Irma devastated Barbuda in 2017 leading to the majority of the residents moving to Antigua as refugees. The [[Antigua Labor Party]] (ALP) lead by Prime Minister [[Gaston Browne]] took this opportunity to start taking control of Barbudan land, and selling it to American tourism firms. <ref name=":1" />
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| In 2019, Prime Minister Browne demanded reparations from [[Harvard University]], which received hundreds of acres of land from the Codringtons.<ref name=":0">{{Web citation|author=Matsemala Odom|newspaper=[[The Burning Spear]]|title=Africans in Antigua and Barbuda fight for land, demand reparations|date=2021-03-15|url=https://www.theburningspear.com/2021/03/Africans-in-Antigua-and-Barbuda-fight-for-land-demand-reparations|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210613145032/https://www.theburningspear.com/2021/03/Africans-in-Antigua-and-Barbuda-fight-for-land-demand-reparations|archive-date=2021-06-13|retrieved=2022-08-13}}</ref>
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| == Economy == | | == Economy == |
