BU-ussa wayengumBabadian ohola ukuvukela okukhulu kwezigqila ngo-1816 okwaziwa ngokuthi ukuvukela kwe-bussa. UBusa wazalelwa eNtshonalanga Afrika, kanti kuthiwa ungowe-Igbo noma u-Akan. Yathunjwa, yathengiselwa abaseBrithani yabe isilethwa eBarbados ngasekupheleni kwekhulu le-16. Awekho amarekhodi amaningi asele kuye, njengoba abaphathi bengazihluphi ngokugcina imininingwane yezigqila zabo. Amarekhodi akhombisa ukuthi wasebenza njengomphathi kule ndawo ephethwe yiBayley ethile eSaint Philip ngaphambi nje kokuhlubuka. Isikhundla sakhe njengomgcini wamasimu sasizomnika amalungelo athile, inkululeko ethe xaxa kwezinye izigqila, futhi kwenze kwaba lula ngaye ukuhlela ukuhlubuka. Ukuhlubuka kweBassa kwaqala ngo-Ephreli 12, 1816. Kwakuphakathi kokuvukela okukhulu kwezigqila ezintathu okwaba nomthelela emphakathini waseBritish West Indies kanjalo eminyakeni eyandulela ukukhululwa. Ukuhlubuka kukaBusa kwalandelwa ukuhlubuka kwaseDemerara eGuyana kanye nokuhlubuka okukhulu eJamaica ngo-1831-1832.
Ukuhlubuka kwezigqila eBritish West Indies kwahlukaniswa izigaba ezimbili, kuya ngezinhloso zazo, ubukhulu bazo kanye nabantu ababevukela, kukhona lezo ezazihlelwe ekuqaleni kwezigqila ezivela e-Afrika 'zihlelwe ngokwezinhlanga zazo namasiko abo, kanye nokuhlubuka kwesibili okwakuhlelwe amaCreoles (abantu abazalelwa emakoloni) kanye nabambalwa kakhulu base-Afrika. Ngakho-ke njengoba uBassa azalelwa e-Afrika kodwa iningi lalaba balandeli kwakunguCreoles, ukuhlubuka kwakhe kwahlukaniswa esigabeni sesibili.
Ukuhlubuka kukaBassa kuhlelwe nguyena, nabanye abambisene nabo okubalwa kubo uWashington Franklin, uNanny Grigg, nezingcweti nezisebenzi eziningana. Ukuhlubuka kwahlelwa kwezinye izindawo zokutshala ushukela kufaka phakathi indawo yaseBayley lapho yaqala khona. Cishe ngoFebhuwari 1816, kwathathwa isinqumo sokuthi ukuhlubuka kwenzeke ngo-Ephreli ngawo lowo nyaka. UBussa uhole bonke abalweli benkululeko ngoLwesibili ngo-Ephreli 16. Wayala amasosha angaphezu kwamakhulu amane futhi wafa empini. Amabutho akhe aqhubeka nempi aze ahlulwa ngamasosha aseBrithani. Ukuhlubuka akuzange kube nomthelela oyifunayo kepha kube nomthelela omkhulu ekusaseni leBarbados.