21 March, 2009

Annaberg Ruins

The Annaberg ruins are the best preserved ruins on all the islands. You could see the Dutch children's school, slave quarters, and the windmill.
The Dutch clear cut almost the entire island to grow and process sugar cane. They put the stalks into large grinders inside the windmill.
Then, they boiled the juice into sugar. This all stopped in 1733 when the slaves revolted, killed plantation owners, and had a stand-off at Mary Point.
This is a large piece of brain coral. They often used them as bricks in their walls.

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