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| Students board the Calypso Sprinter |
Three hundred students from across Trinidad
visited Nelson Island on Tuesday 22nd March, 2016 with the National Trust of
Trinidad and Tobago. Including, Mayaro Government Primary, Happy Hill Hindu
Primary and Laventille Girls Government to name a few . This tour of the island
intended to impart both knowledge and appreciation of our heritage to the
students, their teachers and parents who were also in attendance. Filled with
facts, anecdotes, and expert tour guides visitors began learning about the rich
history of Nelson Island from the moment the ‘Calypso Sprinter’ set sail.
When the ship docked smiling faces
disembarked onto Nelson Island, there history came alive as students and other
visitors were treated to dramatizations by the ‘SR Ideal Theatre Production
Company’ who reenacted the historic people who once inhabited Nelson Island. An
Amerindian, enslaved Africans, an indentured labourer and Tubal Uriah ‘Buzz’
Butler were present in all their glory to elaborate on their heritage, culture and what the island
was like in their time. The most engaging dramatizations came from the “King
Slave” (name derived from the enslaved Africans from nearby estates of “King
Negroes”). Students gathered as the King Slave delivered a powerful monologue
on freedom, in front the oldest standing roofed building in Trinidad built by
enslaved Africans marked AD 1802. Chants of “freedom” could be heard throughout
the island as the students made their way around to view other dramatizations.
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| An Amerindian climbs, swings and jumps from tree to tree |
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| An enslaved African drumming as the King Slave delivers his monologue |
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The King Slave delivers a powerful monologue on freedom,
he looks up at the building seen below
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The oldest roofed building in Trinidad, built by enslaved Africans in AD 1802
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An Indentured Labourer quizzes students on foods brought from her homeland
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| A student admires the view from the Calypso Sprinter |
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| Children gathered on Nelson Island after their tour for songs and games |
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