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Freed slaves
Rock Hall Freedom Monument, the heritage site where Barbados slaves built first free village
Rock Hall was the first Black slave community established in 1841 after slavery was abolished in Barbados. What makes the history of Rock Hall interesting lies not in the name, but in the history surrounding how the community came into being. In 1841, a group of freed slaves with the Mount Wilton Estate bought a swathe of…
