‘Ungrateful’: E.G. Maduro laments state of Quakers' burial site in Long Look
“We must not forget my people that the British Virgin Islands, within the Caribbean region if not the world, was the first place where slaves were set free by their owners because they were taught in those days to be property. They were taught to be owned by their masters. The people in Long Look were set free by their owners who were Quakers and given the land. We were the first in the Caribbean to enjoy that,” Mr Maduro said on the EGM Show on September 29, 2016.
According to Mr Maduro it was one of his grand-daughters who actually brought it to his attention that the burial site was overgrown with bushes.
“I will never forget the day I was going up to East End with my grandchildren and I said to them ‘see that’s where the Quakers were buried. That is where some of them were buried.’ My first grandchild almost cried. And she said grandpa, we are very ungrateful. She said you mean to say the Quakers could set us free, give us their land and we can’t keep their graves up to date and clean. She said grandpa that is not good, that is ungratefulness.
“I truly will not forget that. You go up there right now. The stones are all broken down…and I have learnt from that little child,” said Mr Maduro.
History has it that in 1776 one Samuel Nottingham, a Quaker, freed 25 slaves and gave to them 50 acres (200,000 m2) of land in Long Look in Tortola, and directed them to cultivate it for the common good.
According to further research, Tortola was originally settled by Quakers in 1726 and John Pickering, a wealthy planter and leader of the Quaker community, became the first Lieutenant Governor of Tortola in 1741.
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In other words instead of coming on the media to talk about slave masters- educate about our black race;
where did we came from?
who do we belong to?
what can we as a black race do to unite?
How can we rule ?
etc.
We need black leaders in the virgin Islands to lead us in the right way
Self-education is the best solution for the black dispora.
We need to wake up! knowledge is powerful and once we as a black race get that, we will rule again! the whites would be afraid of us once we know the truth.
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I was taught that the name long look came from the Quakers going to the top of the hill and looking out to the channel and saying "that's a long look". However according to the ancestors when the rebellion began the slaves ran up the mountain to hide. The slave masters sent up their dogs after them and the slaves they killed them. Then after some days they came down to find water by the ghut saying" Boy that was a long look" that is why it was named Nottingham estate and Long look by the slaves.
That is why Edmund people cant take you seriously however the graves should be kept clean because it is all history of where we came from and what we went through.
Wow, I didn't know, thanks for the insight
Samuel and Mary Nottingham, who were Quakers gave their 25 former slaves, the cotton plantation which was called Longlook as a means to sustain themselves, after they had already bought their freedom (no rebellion involved).
However, Samuel and Mary Nottingham are not buried at the burial ground known as the Quaker burial ground and his link to Long Look is incorrect.
Might be worth contacting them. Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater. It was a dark history all over the world. At least some try to do something about it or did it earlier than most nations. This is part of BVI legacy and should be taught accurately. Vernon, will you give a lecture?
Type in "Hidden identity of blacks in the bible"
Watch this video, wake up Hebrews!