Sites of African Heritage in T&T

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Treasury Building – Emancipation Proclamation

Treasury Building – Emancipation Proclamation

Treasury Building – Emancipation Proclamation

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St. Patrick’s Anglican Church, Tobago – Nation Builders

St. Patrick’s Anglican Church, Tobago – Nation Builders

St. Patrick’s Anglican Church, Tobago – Nation Builders

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St. Joseph Daaga-Led Mutiny

St. Joseph Daaga-Led Mutiny

St. Joseph Daaga-Led Mutiny

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Roxborough Belmanna Riots

Roxborough Belmanna Riots

Roxborough Belmanna Riots

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Nelson Island – Nation Shapers

Nelson Island – Nation Shapers

Nelson Island – Nation Shapers

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Fort George – Jonas Bath, Mandingo

Fort George – Jonas Bath, Mandingo

Fort George – Jonas Bath, Mandingo

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East Dry River – Yoruba Village

East Dry River – Yoruba Village

East Dry River – Yoruba Village

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From 1815 to the 1820s, the area along Moruga Road and environs in south Trinidad became the home to over seven hundred formerly enslaved African- Americans and ex-soldiers of the British Colonial Marines. The ex-soldiers had fought in the War of 1812 in the United States and were granted their freedom and land on which to settle in virgin forest in south Trinidad. Known as the Merikins, an abbreviated version of the word “Americans,” they settled mainly in six Company Villages at a time when slavery was still practised.

Company Villages Merikins

From 1815 to the 1820s, the area along Moruga Road and environs in south Trinidad became the home to over seven hundred formerly enslaved African- Americans and ex-soldiers of the British Colonial Marines. The ex-soldiers had fought in the War of 1812 in the United States and were granted their freedom and land on which to settle in virgin forest in south Trinidad. Known as the Merikins, an abbreviated version of the word “Americans,” they settled mainly in six Company Villages at a time when slavery was still practised.

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Blue Basin – Orisha Shrine

Blue Basin – Orisha Shrine

Blue Basin – Orisha Shrine

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