The daily reality of the persons once enslaved here is not part of the exhibits. The chains and padlocks succinctly described by my teacher were absent. But the Abbey offers a taste of rum from its 18th Century distilleries next door, complete with the casks and antique machinery. Sugarcane has vanished from the manicured landscape, […]

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