Bermuda African Diaspora Trail!

Welcome to the Bermudian African Diaspora Trail where you can learn about slavery through bermuda and how it affected modern day tourism, heritage and lifestyles!

Written By: William Silvester, Ethan Rosorea, Sam Dallas and Henry Kerr !

Ethan Roserea

Henry Kerr

Will Silvester

Sam Dallas

Table of Contents
Commissioner's House ...................................... 4
Barr's Bay Park ..................................................... 6
Bermuda Heritage Museum ............................ 8
Tuckers House ..................................................... 10
Pilot Darrel's Square .......................................... 12
St. George's Historical Society Museum .... 14
Answers................................................................... 16
Cost............................................................................ 17
Bibliography............................................................18

The African Diaspora Trail is a amazing experience that is unique to Bermuda. It indulges you in the history of Africa and Bermuda, and is as fun as going to a beach! There are multiple sites across the island varying in locations such as Dockyard, Hamilton City and St. Georges. It will surely make your trip memorable and will inform you of Bermuda's rich culture and heritage.

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Commissioner's House!

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The Commissioner's House is located in Dockyard in the National Museum of Bermuda. It has information about how slavery changed throughout the ages and how it affected bermuda Culture, Heritage and History. You learn about the transatlantic trade slave route and how it affected the history of slavery and bermuda's place in the African Diaspora Trail. The commissioner's house has information of slavery and how it affected tourism it also talked about some famous slaves and families that have owned slaves. On Top of that It also talks about the culture of the slaves with things like gombeys, food like fish cakes and hot cross buns.

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About Commissioner's House!

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For All Questions You Have To Visit The Site!

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Q1a. ) Does the Commissioner's House have info on West Indians?

Q1b. ) Is there a coin room in the commissioner's House?

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To get to the commissioner's house you take a ferry from Hamilton City and go to Dockyard then when you leave the port you go onto Maritime Lane and take a right turn into the museum.

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Barr's Bay Park!

There is an exhibit from the American slave ship The Enterprise, which was blown off its course and reached Bermuda. It had 78 black slaves on board. By that time the slavery had already ended in Bermuda. The customs and some of the friendly societies refused to let the ship sail back again until the slaves were given a choice of freedom. Except for one woman and her five children, all chose freedom. Today, thousands of blacks in Bermuda can relate their ancestry to the slaves who were freed that time.

About Barr's Bay Park!

Q2a. ) When did the Enterprise land in Bermuda?

Q2b. ) How many people decided to stay a slave?

The fastest route to Barr's Bay Park is to drive down Pitts Bay Road until you get to RBYC (Royal Bermuda Yacht Club) a bright pink building next to the ferry terminal. You park your car/moped then you walk down to the sidewalk in front of the RBYC and make a left turn at the lights. Then continue travelling down the sidewalk until the first left turn into the park in front of the harbour.

Bermuda Heritage Museum!

The Museum has many artifacts, photographs, uniforms and exhibits capturing the legacy of black slavery, the social and historical heritages and achievements including sports and social history. The museum has exhibits on the Friendly Societies that helped the slaves following their emancipation, black nurses, Cup Match (a bermudian cricket match,) and more. 

About Bermuda Heritage Museum!

Q3a. ) Where is the African Diaspora plaque located in the Bermuda Heritage Museum?

To get to the Bermuda heritage museum you go from the Bank of Butterfield in St. Georges onto King street turn into Water street until you get to the Heritage Museum.

Q3b. ) Who is the lady who stayed aboard the Enterprise?

Tuckers House!

If you have interest in knowing how a famous Bermudian and his family would have lived their day to day life way back in the 18th century, Tucker House Museum perfectly showcases that. The museum, located in St. George's, used to be a home built in the 1750s. Henry Tucker, on who the museum has been named, was a famous and an influential Bermudian who lived in this house from 1775 with his family. He was the president of the Governor's Council in Bermuda between 1775 to 1807. Joseph Rainey, a black man from South Carolina fled to Bermuda during the American Civil War. He arrived in 1862 with his wife aboard a blockade runner. He operated a barber shop at the kitchen of Tucker House and soon became a busy barber within the local community. His wife too became successful as a dressmaker. They subsequently returned to South Carolina in 1866 after the Civil War was over and Joseph joined politics. He went on to become the first ever black in the US House of representatives.