Seaman's Valley

Seaman's Valley

Seaman's Valley

Parish: Portland

Located in the parish of Portland, this property has on it the ruins of the Seaman's Valley great house, and the first European cemetery in this area of Portland. Here George Fuller, famous English Superintendent of the Moore Town Maroons, was buried.

The Seaman's Valley road leads to Moore Town, which is not only the oldest Maroon settlement in the entire valley, but also the headquarters of the Eastern Maroons.

 


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FORTS

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COURTHOUSES

The Morant Bay Courthouse, which was destroyed by fire on Monday, February 19, 2007, is an important part of St. Thomas's history.

 

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HISTORIC SCHOOLS

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