There Is No Land That Isn't Plantation Land - SARN Minis #78 Transcript
Hi, I'm Sharon Hurley Hall. Welcome to the Sharon's Anti-Racism Newsletter podcast, SARN Minis.
You've heard me weigh in before about plantation weddings. As I pointed out, when you're in the US, you have choices about using places of trauma to celebrate important life milestones.
But in some parts of the Caribbean, those choices don't exist. Barbados is a case in point.
If you look at maps of the island from the 17th century onwards, you'll see that it's often represented as covered in sugar cane. Those were the plantations, and there are still places today that bear those names. Sometimes plantation is in the name, sometimes it isn't but they underlie everything. Near me, Newton Plantation is now partly home to an industrial estate. There are schools in old plantation houses, like Providence at Francia Plantation. Balls Plantation is home to the Horticultural Society. I could go on.
Subscribe to SARN Supporter to read the rest.
Become a paying subscriber of SARN Supporter to get access to this post and other subscriber-only content.
UpgradeA subscription gets you:
- All free benefits (access to the monthly curated reading list, all interviews, and occasional free articles) plus:
- Even more anti-racism content (2x a week), plus a monthly behind-the-scenes update
- The private SARN podcast, with Sharon's short takes on anti-racism issues (2x per month)
- Access to the FULL archive of 500+ posts - no more paywall!