Clifton Hertigae Park
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The Clifton Heritage Park is the only park in the Bahamas that shows our historical past of the Lucayans, Africans and the Loyalist. I visited this park on October 29th, 2010, and it took me an hour to reach this park. As I drove I got to see the 208 acres that represents my past and what Bahamas use to look like. The first place I visited was the Stone Steps also known as the Pirates Steps. It is not known exactly when the stone steps were cut out of the limestone cliff, but it was and very important connection between the sea and land. It was said that the pirates would hide by the stone steps so that they can attack ships and take their plunder. It is also said that the stone steps was used to load and unload cargo like rice, cotton, etc and it was used to transport slaves from slaves from Africa. As i look inward into the stone steps how it was cut out was shaped like Africa, so that could suggest that a slave could have cut out the steps.
The second place I visited was the Sacred Space that two Bahamian artist made. One of the artist names is Antonius Roberts he was trying to depicted historic memorial. The genesis is was one of the sculptures that represents slave woman. Another sculpture is the church scene; it is said that the slaves had their church services on the beach so I think that the reason why he did this sculpture, it contributes to the other.
As I walked alone the path there was a lot of trees so to me that suggest that this is where the slave got most of their food from. Our tour guide showed us a lot of poisonous trees and fruits. As we walk further down I saw the remains of John Woods plantation which was located at the ridge. You can tell that the wall was very strong because some of it is still standing. The park also has other little slave settlements that William Wylly (slave owner) gave to his married slaves. You cant actually see the wells because there are a lot of over grown trees and grasses.
After walking the whole of Clifton heritage Park I got an idea of how slaves lived backed in those days. How far they had to walk for food, what they made their houses out of and what they did in their spare time. The people at the park are preserving that area very nice so that others can learn about our heritage but they can have more entertainment so that the that the tourist can interact more.