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Spirit crew load limestone to trade for salt in TCI as crew re-enact centuries-old exchange

Sékou Hendrickson
Created: Jul 05, 2022 07:53 AM
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Kyran Jones, a watch leader aboard the Spirit of Bermuda, and Theodore Francis, the resident educator, prepare traditional Bermuda limestone for their voyage to Turks Island and Salt Key. The limestone will be traded for salt, as was done when Turks Island was a colony of Bermuda (Photograph by Blaire Simmons)

Youngsters set sail to the Turks and Caicos Islands with a cargo of limestone yesterday to re-enact a centuries-old exchange.

The pupils aboard the Spirit of Bermuda will trade the limestone blocks for salt while they learn about the global impact of enslaved Bermudian woman, Mary Prince, who was taken to the TCI in 1806 to rake salt.

The salt will be taken to Bermuda and then transported to Eastern Canada aboard another voyage in August.

It mimics the maritime trade that connected Bermuda to the Western world in the 1800s.

The children, who plan to be on the island for about a week, will learn about Mary Prince’s time working in the salt flats and other points of her life.

The Spirit was meant to leave on Saturday but the voyage was delayed by bad weather.

Kyran Jones, a watch leader aboard the Spirit of Bermudfa, and Alex Peacock, the Spirit’s Captain, prepare Bermuda limestone for a voyage to Turks Island and Salt Key. The limestone will be traded for salt, as was done when Turks Island was a colony of Bermuda (Photograph by Blaire Simmons)
Kyran Jones, Alex Peacock and Dkembe Outerbridge Dill, 2nd Officer of the Spirit of Bermuda, prepare Bermuda limestone for their voyage to Turks Island and Salt Key. The limestone will be traded for salt, as was done when Turks Island was a colony of Bermuda (Photograph by Blaire Simmons)
Bermudian Student Trainees prepare for their voyage to Turks Island and Salt Key to learn about the life and global impact of former enslaved Bermudian Mary Prince (Photograph by Blaire Simmons)
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Published July 05, 2022 at 7:53 am (Updated July 05, 2022 at 7:37 am)

Spirit crew load limestone to trade for salt in TCI as crew re-enact centuries-old exchange
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