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Radio Bimshire Presents

Podcast door Radio Bimshire

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Catch up or listen on-demand with the best of Radio Bimshire - the Voice of the Barbados National Library Service (https://bit.ly/radiobimshire). Radio Bimshire Presents is a selection of short stories, poetry, history, rare audio clips and humour - the sound of Barbadian heritage. Featuring: This Barbadian Life: real voices, true stories, only in Barbados; Off The Shelf: Readings of Barbadian writing; Reparations Revealed; Standpipe: Memories of Wash Day; Sounds of Freedom: Stories of Emancipation... and much more.

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PREMIERE: House on James Street: Episode one - Intrepid Fighter for Religious Freedom

Before Barbados had universal adult suffrage, before slavery was abolished in the British Empire, and before religious freedom was protected by law, a free coloured woman in Bridgetown did something dangerously simple: she opened her front door. In Episode One – “An Intrepid Fighter for Religious Freedom” – House on James Street introduces the life and times of the Right Excellent Sarah Ann Gill. We meet Ann Gill as a free coloured woman of property in early 19th‑century Bridgetown, whose home on James Street becomes a sanctuary for persecuted Methodists after white mobs destroy the island’s Methodist chapel and drive out the minister. Drawing on the research of the late historian Professor Pedro Welch, this opening episode peels back the myths to reveal a more complex figure: a devoted Methodist and National Hero who was also part of a free coloured world shaped by slavery, race and property. We set the scene for the series by tracing how Gill’s year under siege – facing threats, gunfire, and legal harassment under the old Conventicle Act – would eventually echo all the way to the Colonial Office in London and the floor of the British Parliament. This episode lays the groundwork for the journey ahead: from the making of a slave society to the rise of a free coloured community, and from a front room on James Street to the heart of imperial power.

28 apr 2026 - 20 min
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