Discuss efforts to preserve and celebrate St. Croix’s heritage
I will start this post with a photo of The Whim grounds showcasing three out of the four types of sugar mills used on St. Croix – from left to right: Animal Mill, Wind Mill, and Steam Mill. The remains of a Water Wheel Mill can be observed at The Botanical Gardens. This photograph was […]
Historical Context Marronage refers to the act of escaping from slavery and establishing independent communities, often in remote and inaccessible areas. Enslaved Africans on St. Croix, as in other parts of the Caribbean, sought freedom from oppressive conditions by fleeing into the island’s interior or other less accessible regions. The rugged terrain of St. Croix,
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I felt it necessary to juxtapose how the lighthouse looked when it was first in operation with how it looks today. Sad. This shows the lighthouse, apparently in operation in 2006 but had already been deactivated in the mid 1990s. Marcus Bodio (deceased) had provided the illumination. It can be seen to already be deteriorating
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