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BARBUDA

Volume 3 · 75 words · 1815 Edition

one of the British Caribbee islands, about 20 miles long and 12 broad. It is low land, but fruitful and pretty populous. The inhabitants employ themselves in husbandry, and find always a ready market for their corn and cattle in the sugar islands. Barbuda is the property of the Codrington family, who have have great numbers of negroes here as well as in Barbadoes. It lies in W. Long. 61. 3. N. Lat. 18. 5.