Source of Black Statue of Liberty is Lady Liberty of Freedom Point

Black Statue of Liberty is Lady Liberty of Freedom Point

Black Statue of Liberty is Lady Liberty of Freedom Point

St. Martin Theodore Bonev’s Lady Liberty statue



Elaine Lee Visits St. Martin with BlackAtlas

Elaine Lee Visits St. Martin with BlackAtlas


Lady Liberty Of Freedom Point

Lady Liberty Of Freedom Point

Emancipation - 1848
In Homage to the Victims of slavery
presented by Mayor Albert Fleming
&
The Dept. of Arts and Culture
June 3rd 2007

St. Martin Theodore Bonev’s Lady Liberty statue



Lady Liberty of Freedom Point in St. Martin

Lady Liberty of Freedom Point in St. Martin


BlackAtlas.com in St. Martin



Uploaded on Apr 14, 2011

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do here we are in the Caribbean
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is the shared by two countries for each side and a Dutch side
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we have the front side and at that site
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costar can you tell us the difference between the French side
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and the dutch side so we are complementary yep you like to listen to
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left side if you are looking for a coach a for nature
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history you come on the French side
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area okay we've got our tips we've got our map
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time to explore thank Martin wrapped
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Amerigo the capital a flight martine
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it was built by the French to protect them against the Pirates
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which were prevalent at the time at English profiteers the fort was built in
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seventeen
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89 they have been battles on the fort where sometimes a hundred prisoners were
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taken
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British prisoners it was slavery time so the slaves
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build the for the holiday the commander to protect
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the big
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on your next visit to pay Martin you must visit bellevue farms its a magical
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place
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they grow all their own food organic I tell food they have a market
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they us felt all the local restaurant and its ok beautiful collective with
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inherited property
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that they are preserving for the community and won't
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you for san martín things that way next a son
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would trees added them to set the standard for medicinal purposes
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I'm and doing this we find ourselves in harmony with nature
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we yeah there
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how this is amazing this is action is called Lady Liberty
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and it was built to commemorate the ending of slavery here in saint martin
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which occurred and 1848 which is actually a couple decades before it
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happened in the United States and amish
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to the victims of slavery are
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just that that was a put in place by the government of san martín
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in order for the people to remember that
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peaceful our history that is touching a lot of of
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are our population because most of the population of san martín
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came from emancipated slaves and they are their descendants
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theme
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and within two minutes he gets penalized
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is part of my charm user there's a strip concerning people love to come here with
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the with the kids
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their nature reserve was created about ten eleven years ago
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and it's really a greeting that the French government
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on his protecting mom remembered Pino when I was a kid
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there's absolutely nothing in these to come here for camping enemies to go
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fishing in selling it was really amazing but
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the natural reserve job today is to try and preserve the nature
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and not having to build you
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I promise to meet you back before two years from the sea
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twenty-five years ago by both also and we can see
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than the director of San Martin museum I created museum when I was 25
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home hot and you collected all of these artifacts
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is fierce in montana our culture I decided to open a museum twenty years
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ago
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or chrome the future generations can learn about the
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what have been going through this I don't sense of five thousand years
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areas and beaches dunes
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that side have all infrastructure that big international therefore
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they have the big cruise lines that of stopping he almost on a daily basis the
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do this
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Deception Bay the playground for the rich and famous
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on that side of a Martin and here I thought were there too I
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got from around the world
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today
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we came to see the planes arriving at the airport
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in soweto what will that do you recall about
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are you must but the plane know how to report the worldly
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the nightlife Saint Martin
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I casinos on the best that because the law is different
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young the on both sides there's a lot of and that the man
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night the aside never a dull moment
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you want these various on our tickets five but if you wanna rock & nightlife
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they've got that too the do that every night of the week
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it occupies a really special place in my heart you know I've been a
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51 countries to solo trips around the world
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and have never had an experience like this hmm
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on
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so unique this whole idea
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two countries sharing one island and watching
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the fusion of those two countries in addition to ok
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third nationalities on Island make this such
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a unique Caribbean experience damn thing on the beans to visiting across the bar
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and organic farm
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and even taking a boat ride to this amazing little Island
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it's just been a great time and I think you should try for yourself don't take
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my word for it
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check out Saint Martin
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