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| Antigua and Barbuda | |
|---|---|
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| Capital and largest city | St. John's |
| Common languages | Antiguan and Barbudan Creole English |
| Government | Parliamentary constitutional monarchy |
| Area | |
• Total | 440 km² |
| Population | |
• 2022 estimate | 100,772 |
Antigua and Barbuda is an island country in the Lesser Antilles of the Caribbean.
History
In 1685, the British leased the island of Barbuda to the slaveholding Codrington family. Enslaved Africans organized a series of rebellions between 1741 and 1835. In 1834, the British tried to transport slaves in Barbuda to Antigua, but they rebelled, took control of Barbuda, and established communal ownership of land.
In 2019, Prime Minister Gaston Browne demanded reparations from Harvard University, which received hundreds of acres of land from the Codringtons.[1]
Economy
Antigua and Barbuda's economy relies on oil exports and tourism from the Global North. 82% of workers in Antigua and Barbuda work in the service industry.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsemala Odom (2021-03-15). "Africans in Antigua and Barbuda fight for land, demand reparations" The Burning Spear. Archived from the original on 2021-06-13. Retrieved 2022-08-13.