A labarin a cikin Annales na New York Academy of Science ya ƙalubalanci wannan, ya bayyana cewa Codringtons dauke ta yin amfani da Barbuda a matsayin nursery, inda bawa yara dã an tashe su yi aiki a kan Antiguan plantations, amma wannan shirin da aka taba gane. Wasu kafofin nuna cewa bayi sun kasance, a gaskiya, wani fitarwa kayayyaki amma wannan shi ne mai yiwuwa saboda na halitta yawan ci gaban tun babu sabon bayi ya isa a kan tsibirin tun tsakiyar 1700s. A kowane hali, tsibirin ya kasance mai fitar da bayi. An kiyasta a 1977 da Lowent da Clark nuna cewa tsakanin 1779 da 1724, mafi yawan 'yan gudun hijira sun fitar da zuwa tsibirin a kusa da shekara takwas.
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