Good source but article written with many fallacies and vague references to fact. The only assertions that were correct were references to early, minor trading and two Barbados residents that were eventually elected to South Carolina government.
Your prior reference to lumber likely was to Georgia Live Oak used in shipbuilding and piers.
I am talking about a period of time long before South Carolina, as a state, had its own government. Bear in mind that Georgia was part of the Province of Carolina up until 1732. There is a preponderance of evidence online about the connection between Charleston and Barbados. Simply search these three words together, “South Carolina Barbados”. For one example, you will come upon an excellent video at this site:
https://www.pbs.org/video/beyond-barbados-the-carolina-connection-qftqnv/
No that is incorrect. I’m pretty sure there wasn’t any ship building going on in Barbados. Barbados had overplanted the entire island with sugar cane and was virtually denuded of trees. The plantation owners financed a trip North in search of wood. The wood was needed for firing up the sugar refineries and for construction. They ended up in Charleston.