English Caribbean colony which appears alongside the Isle of Man in studies of resistance to the English Commonwealth after the execution of Charles I.

In 1649 the abolition of the monarchy created problems well beyond England. A constitutional study published in 1929 grouped Manxmen with Jerseymen, Barbadians, Antiguans, Virginians, Scots and Irish people who accepted Charles II as the lawful monarch but resisted the authority of the new English republic.

The comparison reflects the position of several territories in the crisis of 1649–1652. Barbados declared for Charles II and was eventually brought to terms by Commonwealth forces. Mann remained under the Stanley government until 1651, when Parliamentary forces arrived and the Island surrendered.

The source uses Barbados and Mann as parallel examples within a wider argument about the authority claimed by the English Parliament over territories owing allegiance to the Crown. It does not suggest a direct political relationship between Barbados and Mann.

The present evidence pack contains much general material on Barbados, but this is the clearest passage establishing its relevance to the Manx historical record.