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Bermuda Diaspora Trail

By: Alyssa Walsh, Jordan Mello, Charlotte Hooks and Megan Willis

Table of Contents

* Table of Contents Page 2

* Introduction Page 3

* Pilot Darrell's Square Page 4

* St. Peter's Church Page 5

* Tuckers House Museum Page 6

* Treasure Hunt Page 7

* Bermuda Heritage Museum Page 8

* Bars Bay Park Page 9

* Sally Bassett Page 10

* Commissioners House Page 11

* Jeffery's Cave Page 12

* Lost At Sea Memorial Page 13

* Directions Page 14

* All About The Authors Page 15

*Games Page 16

* Reference Page 17

introduction

This book is important because it shows other people about bermudas amazing history such as the diaspora trail.You may wonder what the diaspora trail is.

During the pre-modern times starting from the 16th century the world refers to large scattering of blake slaves that mainly took place as part of the transatlantic slave trade from africa.

Look out for this plaque it is the diaspora trail guide

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Pilot Darrell's Square:

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In Pilot darrell's square there is still a family living there so you can't go inside but this place was the first home owned by a black person in Bermuda. The wall are grey and there is a brick driveway and you can notice it by it's diaspora trail plaque

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Wow! James Darrell was a pilot of a huge ship he managed to use his knowledge of the reefs of Bermuda to navigate his way to land. Ships back then were made of wood so if you hit a reef your ship would sink and it would be game over.

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St. Peter's Church

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St. Peter's Church is another diaspora trail site. It has cedar doors and beams and the walls are made of limestone, it has a organ and the pope's chair inside. outside there is a graveyard all around the church we also saw the tucker's family vault. beside the graveyard for the white people there is a graveyard for slaves

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quiz!

-what was the church made of?
-why was there another graveyard?
-who was buried there?

CLUE: it's in the text

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Watch our videos!!!

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Tucker's House Bermuda

The Different Rooms in Tuckers House- The Bedchamber, The Drawing Room, The Entrance Hall, The Nursery and The Kitchen.
Joseph Hayne Rainey-
After the end of the civil war in 1860 the Rainey's took their savings from Bermuda and returned to Charleston. Shortly before he died of congestive fever on August 1, 1887 he and his wife had opened a millinery shop in George town.
St.George Tucker- 1752 - 1827
Nathaniel Tucker- 1807
Frances Tucker- 1740 - 1825
Tucker's House is made out of cedar beams and limestone Blocks.
Tucker's House is located on 5 Water Street, St. George's, Bermuda.
The reason that the street is named Water Street is because you use to be able to see the waterside in front of Tucker's House.

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Treasure Hunt!

All of the answers are in the Tuckers House.
For fun go into groups and have a race. Write down the answers on a piece of paper. Each question is one point have fun.

Find:

-The Lizzie Banana Leaf doll.
-In the garden find the Rosemary.
-Who is born in slavery and when he was 10 he was not a slave anymore.
-How many chairs can fit in a dining room table.
-In the nursery how many beds were there.

tick the boxes once you have found them

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Bermuda Heritage Museum

The Bermuda Heritage Museum is located on 29 Water Street, St. Georges, Bermuda. The Bermuda Heritage Museum use to be called the Samaritan Lodge. A society formed in the 1800s to help blacks after they were set free from slavery in 1834. It tells you about the lifes of different blacks and how they where treated.

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Barr's Bay Park

It commemorates the 1835 landing site of the slave ship Enterprise, one year after emancipation in Bermuda. Thanks to the efforts of the Bermudian community, the cargo of 78 slaves were freed.

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Sally Bassett

The Statue is actually about a true story and is most popularly known as Sally Bassett but it is also known as Sarah Bassett.
This lady was a slave in Bermuda during the 18th century.
On June 21st, 1730 was when Sarah(Sally) Bassett burned alive at Crow Lane near Hamilton Harbour remains as a poignant chapter of the slave history to Bermuda.
Sally was a slave and had several children of her own and even grandchildren. in 1730 she was owned by Foster in Bermuda who also had a granddaughter Beck as well as another house slave.

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