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During the early colonial era in Barbados, the economy was characterized by a diversity of agricultural products grown on family farms. These crops included:
- Aloes1
- Fustic (a dye-producing wood)1
- Indigo1
- Cotton1
- Tobacco1
This period of diverse farming preceded the 1640s, when the island's economy shifted toward sugar production, leading to the consolidation of small family farms into large plantations.1