🙏 Betty's Hope Plantation Chapel
Antigua and Barbuda
About This Sacred Site
Betty's Hope was one of the first large-scale sugar plantations in Antigua, established in 1651 by the Codrington family. The plantation chapel served both the planters and the enslaved community, becoming a place where African spiritual traditions blended with Christianity. Today the ruins are preserved as an open-air museum and a site of deep ancestral significance for the people of Antigua and Barbuda.
Key Facts
- •Established in 1651, making it one of the oldest sugar plantations in Antigua
- •Operated by the Codrington family for over 200 years
- •The chapel served as a site of worship for enslaved Africans
- •Now an open-air museum with restored twin windmill towers
- •Designated as a national heritage site
Location
Coordinates: 17.0986, -61.7486
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