National Trust traveling exhibition stops at Questelles

Older persons living in Questelles and surrounding areas got a chance to reminisce while the younger ones experienced our recent and not so recent history at the Questelles Learning Resource Centre from Tuesday to Thursday.

To mark the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the Trans Atlantic Slave Trade, the St Vincent and the Grenadines National Trust in collaboration with the National Archives and Documentation Centre hosted a three-day exhibition at the Centre.{{more}}

The exhibits included books and papers authored by Vincentian writers along with original documents showing the arrival of African slaves in St Vincent. Music sheets showing scores of old Negro spirituals like Amazing Grace and Swing low, swing chariot among others were also displayed; these were provided by a Peace Corps volunteer.

Much excitement was created by the domestic artifacts display that was provided by the National Trust. The display included a coal pot, a goose iron, a flat iron, a tray and a kerosene bottle lamp. Most of these appliances were still in wide use up to the late 1970’s. Visitors debated the correct names of the utensils and the way in which the pieces were utilized.

The exhibition will travel to Layou, then Chateaubelair, then Colonarie and will culminate at the Trust Headquarters at Carnegie Hall in Kingstown.(AC)