[3] Parham served as a significant trading port for the importing of slaves from West Africa and the sale of rum and sugar to England during the colonial era.

[6] As a result of the St. Peter's Anglican Parish Church's construction in 1840,[7] Parham would not have seen its heyday and peak population until the middle of the nineteenth century, during the height of the Industrial Revolution and the early days of freedom.

The Antigua Almanac, a newspaper from the 19th century, claimed that the people these initiatives drew would have turned the town of Parham into the island's capital once more.

They maintained the town's existence as a flourishing commercial hub by engaging in trades, including fishing, farming, carpentry, and masonry.

[3] Massive emigration caused by the collapse of the sugar industry in the 1960s and 1970s led to a population loss in Parham that has not been replaced or recovered from to this day.